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CPEO associated with a single nucleotide deletion in the mitochondrial tRNA(Tyr) gene
T Raffelsberger1, W Rossmanith, H Thaller-Antlanger
1Neuromuscular Research Department, Institute of Anatomy, University of Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
In the muscle biopsy of a female patient with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO), myopathy, and exercise intolerance, the heteroplasmic deletion of a single nucleotide (DeltaT5885) in the mitochondrial tRNA tyrosine gene (tRNA(Tyr)) was found. The mutation was associated with the mitochondrial phenotype of individual muscle fibers, suggesting a causal association of DeltaT5885 with the mitochondrial disease phenotype. The microdeletion was absent from the patient's and her relatives' blood, indicating a spontaneous somatic origin.
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