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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in Patients With MELAS.
Archives of neurology - 1 Nov 2007
Sproule Douglas M, Kaufmann Petra, Engelstad Kristen, Starc Thomas J, Hordof Allan J, De Vivo Darryl C
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BACKGROUND: Tissues with high energy demands, such as the heart, are susceptible to the effects of mitochondrial DNA point mutations. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome among a phenotypically and genotypically homogeneous cohort of patients with MELAS (mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes) and the A3243G mutation most commonly...
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