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Analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences in childhood encephalomyopathies reveals new disease-associated variants.
PloS one - 26 Sept 2007
Wani Aijaz A, Ahanger Sajad H, Bapat Sharmila A, Rangrez Ashraf Y, Hingankar Nitin, Suresh C G, Barnabas Shama, Patole Milind S, Shouche Yogesh S
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BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of clinical disorders generally caused due to mutations in either mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) or nuclear genes encoding oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). We analyzed the mtDNA sequences from a group of 23 pediatric patients with clinical and morphological features of mitochondrial encephalopathies and tried to establish a relationship of...
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