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Heteroplasmic mutation in the anticodon-stem of mitochondrial tRNA(Val) causing MNGIE-like gastrointestinal dysmotility and cachexia.
Journal of neurology - 1 May 2009
Horváth Rita, Bender Andreas, Abicht Angela, Holinski-Feder Elke, Czermin Birgit, Trips Tobias, Schneiderat Peter, Lochmüller Hanns, Klopstock Thomas
Abstract excerpt
While mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is typically associated with mutations in the nuclear gene encoding for thymidine phosphorylase (ECGF1, TYMP), a similar clinical phenotype was described in patients carrying mutations in the nuclear-encoded polymerase gamma (POL...
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