Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9364710 | Annales de Pathologie | 2005 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies are due to defects in mitochondrial DNA, sporadic, with maternal inheritance or defects in nuclear DNA with mendelian inheritance. The first group is more frequent including MERRF, MELAS, KEARNS-SAYRE, and some LEIGH syndromes. LEIGH syndrome is also the most frequent in the second group. However, in accordance with the progress in molecular genetics, these syndromes might be reclassified.
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Jacqueline Mikol, Marc Polivka,