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Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in progressive external ophthalmoplegia due to mutations in polymerase gamma.
Archives of neurology - 1 Sept 2003
Filosto Massimiliano, Mancuso Michelangelo, Nishigaki Yutaka, Pancrudo Jacklyn, Harati Yadollah, Gooch Clifton, Mankodi Ami, Bayne Lydia, Bonilla Eduardo, Shanske Sara, Hirano Michio, DiMauro Salvatore
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BACKGROUND: The mendelian forms of progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) associated with multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions are clinically heterogeneous disorders transmitted as dominant or recessive traits. Autosomal dominant PEO is caused by mutations in at least 3 genes: adenine nucleot...
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