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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
The deletions in the mitochondrial DNA from skeletal muscle samples of two oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy cases were studied using polymerase chain reaction techniques. The 4977 bp 'common deletion' was present in both specimens, exceeding the corresponding values of similarly aged, healthy controls. In the two samples multiple different mitochondrial DNA deletions, some case-specific and present at quite high, although not pathogenetic levels, were observed. The results suggest that mitochondrial DNA deletions, and the 'common deletion' in particular, might be a sensitive and early marker of a generalized mitochondrial suffering, due to a variety of pathological and physiological causes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
418
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
167-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Mitochondrial DNA deletions in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't