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Heterogeneous clinical presentation of the mtDNA NARP/T8993G mutation.
Neurology - 1 Jul 1997
Santorelli F M, Tanji K, Shanske S, DiMauro S
Abstract excerpt
To obtain a better molecular definition of patients with syndromic retinitis pigmentosa, we screened for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) alterations of the two ATPase genes and 22 tRNA-coding sequences in 10 patients whose features resembled NARP (neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa) syndrome. In two patients, one of whom showed features mimicking Kearns-Sayre syndrome, we identified a heteroplasmic T8993G...
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