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A new mitochondrial point mutation in the transfer RNA(Leu) gene in a patient with a clinical phenotype resembling Kearns-Sayre syndrome.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jul 2001
Seneca S, Verhelst H, De Meirleir L, Meire F, Ceuterick-De Groote C, Lissens W, Van Coster R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To report on the molecular identification of a novel heteroplasmic G-to-A transition at mitochondrial DNA position 3249 in transfer RNA(Leu) gene in a patient with a clinical phenotype resembling Kearns-Sayre syndrome. PATIENT AND METHODS: A 34-year-old patient had been suffering for more than 10 years from progressive visual failure, neurosensorial hearing loss, exercise intolerance, muscle weakness,...
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