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The m.5650G>A mitochondrial tRNAAla mutation is pathogenic and causes a phenotype of pure myopathy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jan 2008
McFarland Robert, Swalwell Helen, Blakely Emma L, He Langping, Groen Emma J, Turnbull Douglass M, Bushby Kate M, Taylor Robert W
Abstract excerpt
We report a family where a predominantly proximal myopathy has become increasingly severe with successive generations of the maternal lineage. This pure myopathy has been caused by a mutation (m.5650G>A) in the mt-tRNA(Ala) gene that has been reported only once previously in a patient with CADASI...
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