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[Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies: pleomorphism of the mitochondrial DNA mutations and clinical features].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Sept 1993
Sato T, Hirawake H
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies analyzing mtDNA have established to elucidate the molecular pathology of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies. The human mitochondrial genome is 16,569 bp circular double-stranded molecule that is maternally inherited. Since the first report on large deletions of mtDNA in patients with progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) by Holt et al in 1988, various mtDNA mutations were found. On the basis of...
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