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Mitochondrial DNA variant m.15218A > G in Finnish epilepsy patients who have maternal relatives with epilepsy, sensorineural hearing impairment or diabetes mellitus

BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial diseases caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) affect tissues with high energy demand. Epilepsy is one of the manifestations of mitochondrial dysfunction when the brain is affected. We have studied here 79 Finnish patients with epilepsy and who have maternal firs...

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Autores principales: Soini, Heidi K, Moilanen, Jukka S, Vilmi-Kerälä, Tiina, Finnilä, Saara, Majamaa, Kari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23870133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-14-73