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Clinical phenotype, prognosis and mitochondrial DNA mutation load in mitochondrial encephalomyopathies.
Journal of biomedical science - 1 Jan 2002
Huang Chin-Chang, Kuo Hung-Chou, Chu Chen-Che, Liou Chia-Wei, Ma Yi-Shing, Wei Yau-Huei
Abstract excerpt
We studied 42 individuals, including 8 patients with either complete or partial syndrome of mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), 8 patients with either complete or partial syndrome of myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) and 26 maternal family members who carried either the A3243G or A8344G mutation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Clinical...
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