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Novel mitochondrial DNA ND5 mutation in a patient with clinical features of MELAS and MERRF.
Archives of neurology - 1 Mar 2005
Naini Ali B, Lu Jiesheng, Kaufmann Petra, Bernstein Richard A, Mancuso Michelangelo, Bonilla Eduardo, Hirano Michio, DiMauro Salvatore
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The mitochondrial DNA gene encoding subunit 5 of complex I (ND5) has turned out to be a hot spot for mutations associated with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes (MELAS) and various overlap syndromes. OBJECTIVE: To describe a novel mutation in the ND5 gene in a young man man with an overlap syndrome of MELAS and myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers....
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