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[MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes): clinical features and mitochondrial DNA mutations].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Sept 1993
Goto Y
Abstract excerpt
MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes) is one of the clinically-defined mitochondrial diseases, characterized by early onset and stroke-like symptoms. A point mutation at nucleotide pair 3243 within the tRNA-Leu (UUR) gene is found in 80% of MELAS patients and another mutation at nucleotide pair 3271 in 10%. In vitro and in vivo expression studies on 3243 mutant...
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