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Confirmation that a T-to-C mutation at 9176 in mitochondrial DNA is an additional candidate mutation for Leigh's syndrome.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 May 1998
Makino M, Horai S, Goto Y, Nonaka I
Abstract excerpt
Among 80 patients with the clinical and brain imaging characteristics of Leigh's syndrome, 11 patients had a well-known mutation at nucleotide position (nt) 8993 in mitochondrial DNA. In addition, three patients had a T-to-C mutation at nt 9176 which had been described previously in only two brothers with bilateral striatal necrosis and one patient with Leigh's syndrome. In our three patients, one had the typical...
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