Progressive external ophthalmoplegia and multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions.

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Progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) with secondary accumulation of multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) clinically resembles disorders due to primary mutations of mtDNA but follows a Mendelian inheritance pattern. The disorder belongs to an interesting group of diseases in which both the nuclear and the mitochondrial genome are involved in the pathology. Both autosomal dominant (adPEO) and...

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