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Progressive nephropathy associated with mitochondrial tRNA gene mutation.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Aug 2004
Dinour D, Mini S, Polak-Charcon S, Lotan D, Holtzman E J
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA plays a crucial role in oxidative production of energy. Thus, defects in mitochondrial DNA can affect virtually all organ systems. The point mutation A --> G at position 3243 in the mitochondrial tRNAleu(UUR) gene is the cause of several distinct types of mitochondrial cytopathy and several clinical phenotypes, including encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes and...
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