Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 291, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , 15 April 2010

Clinical features of mitochondrial DNA m.3243A>G mutation in 47 Chinese families

  • Yinan Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
    • The first two authors contributed equally to this paper.
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  • Fang Fang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Beijing, 100045, China
    • The first two authors contributed equally to this paper.
    • ,
  • Yanyan Cao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
    • ,
  • Yanling Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
    • ,
  • Liping Zou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Beijing, 100853, China
    • ,
  • Ying Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
    • ,
  • Songtao Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
    • ,
  • Sainan Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
    • ,
  • Yufeng Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
    • ,
  • Pei Pei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
    • ,
  • Yu Qi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Central Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Central Laboratory, First Hospital of Peking University, No. 8, Xishiku Street, West District, Beijing, 100034, China. Tel.: +86 10 64004838; fax: +86 10 66551036.

Received 23 October 2009 ,Revised 16 December 2009 ,Accepted 12 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.01.012

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 291, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , 15 April 2010

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