Fatal mitochondrial myopathy, lactic acidosis, and complex I deficiency associated with a heteroplasmic A --> G mutation at position 3251 in the mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) gne.

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A girl, who died at 14 years of age from a rapidly progressive mitochondrial myopathy, was found to be heteroplasmic for a mutation in the mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) gene at position 3251. A large proportion of muscle fibres contained accumulations of abnormal mitochondria but no cytochrome c oxidase deficient fibres were present. Polarographic and enzymatic measurements on isolated muscle mitochondria revealed a...

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