The 3260 mutation in mitochondrial DNA can cause mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS)

Muscle Nerve. 1996 Dec;19(12):1603-4. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199612)19:12<1603::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-S.

Authors

I Nishino¹, M Komatsu, S Kodama, S Horai, I Nonaka, Y Goto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ultrastructural Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 8941275
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199612)19:12<1603::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-S

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics*
Epilepsies, Myoclonic / complications
Female
Humans
MELAS Syndrome / complications
MELAS Syndrome / genetics*
MELAS Syndrome / pathology
Muscles / pathology
Mutation*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

Substances

DNA, Mitochondrial