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Phenotypic heterogeneity in a Chinese family with mitochondrial disease and A3243G mutation of mitochondrial DNA.
Zhonghua yi xue za zhi = Chinese medical journal; Free China ed - 1 Jan 2000
Thajeb P, Lee H C, Pang C Y, Jeng C M, Huang S F, Wei Y H
Abstract excerpt
The A3243G mutation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been shown to be responsible for or associated with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, strokelike episodes (MELAS) syndrome, diabetes mellitus (DM) and several other neuromuscular diseases. We used polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) to identify the A3243G mtDNA mutation and an electron...
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