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[Adult onset mitochondrial myopathy without ophthalmoplegia. Four cases attributable to complex III and IV deficits in the respiratory chain].
Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) - 1 Oct 1995
Bautista J, Muñoz-Málaga A, Chinchón I, Segura D, Salazar J A, Bescansa E, Campos Y, Arenas J
Abstract excerpt
Four adults with proximal myopathy of mitochondrial origin but no ocular involvement are presented. Biochemical analysis showed combined complex III and IV deficits in the respiratory chain in all cases, suggesting an apparent correlation between clinical phenotype and biochemical findings. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of muscle from 1 patient failed to detect either large-scale deletion or point mutations at...
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