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Phenotypes and mitochondrial DNA substitutions in families with A3243G mutation.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Aug 2002
Morovvati S, Nakagawa M, Sato Y, Hamada K, Higuchi I, Osame M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the relationship between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variations and phenotypes in patients with A3243G mutation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied whole mtDNA sequences in two families with A3243G mutation and characteristic clinical features. Two brothers in Family 1 had shown thiamine deficiency and mitochondrial myopathy without central nervous system involvement. In Family 2, a...
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