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Mutation of the linker region of the polymerase gamma-1 (POLG1) gene associated with progressive external ophthalmoplegia and Parkinsonism.
Archives of neurology - 1 Apr 2007
Hudson Gavin, Schaefer Andrew M, Taylor Robert W, Tiangyou Watcharee, Gibson Andrew, Venables Graham, Griffiths Philip, Burn David J, Turnbull Douglass M, Chinnery Patrick F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To define the molecular basis of the autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia and parkinsonism in a large family with a dominantly transmitted multiple mitochondrial DNA deletion disorder. DESIGN: Microsatellite analysis and screening of the progressive external ophthalmoplegia 1 (PEO1), adenine nucleotide translocator 1 (ANT1), and polymerase gamma-1 (POLG1) genes. RESULTS: We...
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