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A Case of Sporadic Infantile Histiocytoid Cardiomyopathy Caused by the A8344G (MERRF) Mitochondrial DNA Mutation

✍ Scribed by H. D. Vallance; G. Jeven; D. C. Wallace; M. D. Brown


Publisher
Springer
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
147 KB
Volume
25
Category
Article
ISSN
0172-0643

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Myoclonus epilepsy and ragged-red fibers syndrome (MERRF) is caused by a heteroplasmic mutation at nucleotide 8344 (A8344G) of the tRNA(Lys) gene of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). This mutation impairs mitochondrial protein synthesis and causes a respiratory chain dysfunction. The risk for transmission