Mitochondrial DNA and respiratory chain function in spinal cords of ALS patients

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by selective motor neuron death. In order to address the question of a putative role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of ALS, we studied the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme activities in spinal cords of ALS patients and in control subjects without neuropathologic abnormalities....

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