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Sequence analysis of mitochondrial DNA in a new maternally inherited encephalomyopathy.
Journal of neurology - 1 Aug 1995
Fabrizi G M, Tiranti V, Mariotti C, Guazzi G C, Malandrini A, DiDonato S, Zeviani M
Abstract excerpt
A heteroplasmic insertion of a 9-bp tandem repeat element was detected in the mitochondrial DNA of the maternal members of a large family. The mutation was contained within the non-coding region between the genes specifying subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase and tR-NA(Lys). The proband and most of his maternal relatives were affected by a late-onset mitochondrial encephalomyopathy of variable severity,...
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