Article
Maternally inherited myopathy and cardiomyopathy: association with mutation in mitochondrial DNA tRNA(Leu)(UUR).
Lancet (London, England) - 20 Jul 1991
Zeviani M, Gellera C, Antozzi C, Rimoldi M, Morandi L, Villani F, Tiranti V, DiDonato S
Abstract excerpt
Different point mutations of the mitochondrial genome, which all affect the ability of mitochondria to translate their own genes and lead to partial defects of mtDNA-dependent respiratory complexes, are related to distinct clinical mitochondrial disorders. A new maternally inherited disorder, characterised by a combination of adult-onset myopathy and cardiomyopathy, with no clinical involvement of the nervous...
Topics
- Adult
- Cardiomyopathies
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Electromyography
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Mitochondria, Heart
- Mitochondria, Muscle
- Mothers
