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Exercise intolerance due to mutations in the cytochrome b gene of mitochondrial DNA.
The New England journal of medicine - 30 Sept 1999
Andreu A L, Hanna M G, Reichmann H, Bruno C, Penn A S, Tanji K, Pallotti F, Iwata S, Bonilla E, Lach B, Morgan-Hughes J, DiMauro S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The mitochondrial myopathies typically affect many organ systems and are associated with mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that are maternally inherited. However, there is also a sporadic form of mitochondrial myopathy in which exercise intolerance is the predominant symptom. We studied the biochemical and molecular characteristics of this sporadic myopathy. METHODS: We sequenced the mtDNA...
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