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MELAS: A Multigenerational Impact of the MTTL1 A3243G MELAS Mutation.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques - 1 Mar 2014
Prasad M, Narayan B, Prasad A N, Rupar C A, Levin S, Kronick J, Ramsay D, Tay K Y, Prasad C
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BACKGROUND: the maternally inherited MTTL1 A3243G mutation in the mitochondrial genome causes MelaS (Mitochondrial encephalopathy lactic acidosis with Stroke-like episodes), a condition that is multisystemic but affects primarily the nervous system. Significant intra-familial variation in phenotype and severity of disease is well recognized. METHODS: retrospective and ongoing study of an extended family carrying...
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