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Spectrum of mitochondrial DNA rearrangements in the Pearson marrow-pancreas syndrome.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Aug 1995
Rötig A, Bourgeron T, Chretien D, Rustin P, Munnich A
Abstract excerpt
The Pearson marrow-pancreas syndrome (MIM 557000) is a disorder involving the hematopoietic system and the exocrine pancreas in early infancy. We have previously shown that this disease results from a defect of oxidative phosphorylation associated with deletions of the mitochondrial DNA. We present here a series of 21 cases (including 15 unreported patients) with Pearson syndrome and describe mitochondrial DNA...
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