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Cardiomyopathy associated with neurologic disorders and mitochondrial phenotype.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Oct 2002
Marín-García José, Goldenthal Michael J, Filiano James J
Abstract excerpt
Cardiomyopathy and neuromuscular abnormalities may simultaneously coexist and present with defects in mitochondrial DNA and bioenergetic function. We sought to evaluate the relationship between clinical and mitochondrial phenotypes in 28 young patients with both cardiomyopathy and neurologic disorders including seizures, dystonia, ophthalmoplegia, Kearns-Sayre syndrome, Leigh disease, and Friedreich's ataxia. All...
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