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Brain single photon emission computed tomography in patients with A3243G mutation in mitochondrial DNA tRNA.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 May 2005
Thajeb Peterus, Wu Ming-Che, Shih Bing-Fu, Tzen Chin-Yuan, Chiang Ming-Fu, Yuan Rey-Yue
Abstract excerpt
Brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) studies were conducted in three patients with A3243G mutation of the mitochondrial (mt) DNA tRNA. All were born to mothers suffering from chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) with the same A3243G point mutation of the mtDNA tRNA. The first case manifested clinically with MELAS, the second case manifested with CPEO, and third case was...
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