Characterization of mtDNA variation in a cohort of South African paediatric patients with mitochondrial disease

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 650-656

  Van Der Walt, Elizna M ^a   Smuts, Izelle ^a   Taylor, Robert W ^b   Elson, Joanna L ^c   Turnbull, Douglass M ^c   Louw, Roan ^a   Van Der Westhuizen, Francois H ^a,c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; high throughput nucleotide sequencing; mitochondrial diseases; Mitochondrial DNA; paediatrics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENOME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84861188598     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.262     Document Type: Article

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