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Mitochondrial DNA transfer RNA mutation Leu(UUR)A-->G 3260: a second family with myopathy and cardiomyopathy.
The Quarterly journal of medicine - 1 Jul 1993
Sweeney M G, Brockington M, Weston M J, Morgan-Hughes J A, Harding A E
Abstract excerpt
A family with maternally inherited myopathy and cardiomyopathy is described. Mitochondrial DNA analysis showed a heteroplasmic point mutation at position 3260 in the leucine transfer RNA gene, previously reported in a large Italian family with a similar phenotype. This observation confirms pathogenicity of this mutation and suggests phenotypic specificity.
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