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Mitochondrial DNA mutation "m.3243A>G"-Heterogeneous clinical picture for cardiologists ("m.3243A>G": A phenotypic chameleon).
Congenital heart disease - 1 Sept 2018
Niedermayr Katharina, Pölzl Gerhard, Scholl-Bürgi Sabine, Fauth Christine, Schweigmann Ulrich, Haberlandt Edda, Albrecht Ursula, Zlamy Manuela, Sperl Wolfgang, Mayr Johannes A, Karall Daniela
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OBJECTIVE: In general, a mitochondrial disorder is diagnosed on the basis of symptom combinations and confirmed by genetic findings. However, patients carrying the m.3243A>G mutation in the mitochondrial tRNA leucine 1 (MT-TL1) do not always meet all the proposed criteria for the most frequently encountered mitochondrial syndrome "MELAS," an acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and at...
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