Heterogeneity of six children and their mothers with mitochondrial DNA 3243 A>G mutation

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-302

  Ma, Yan Yan ^a   Wu, Tong Fei ^b   Liu, Yu Peng ^b   Wang, Qiao ^b   Li, Xi Yuan ^b   Song, Jin Qing ^b   Shi, Xiu Yu ^a   Zhang, Wei Na ^a   Zhao, Meng ^a   Hu, Ling Yan ^a   Yang, Yan Ling ^b   Zou, Li Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

3243A>G mutation; Mitochondrial disorders; Mitochondrial DNA; Respiratory chain complex deficiency

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LEIGH DISEASE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VOMITING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION;

EID: 84878093252     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2012.760071     Document Type: Article

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