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Clinical and laboratory findings in referrals for mitochondrial DNA analysis.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Jul 1998
Lamont P J, Surtees R, Woodward C E, Leonard J V, Wood N W, Harding A E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Increasingly, mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are being considered when investigating the aetiology of neurological diseases in childhood. However, they are often difficult to predict clinically. METHOD: Mitochondrial DNA analysis was carried out on 190 children from 1992 to 1996. Most patients were screened for large scale rearrangements and point mutations at nucleotide positions 3243, 3271,...
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