Deletion of mitochondrial DNA in the endomyocardial biopsy sample from a patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome.

Anan, R; Nakagawa, M; Higuchi, I; Nakao, S; Nomoto, K; Tanaka, H · Eur Heart J · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 15-year-old boy with Kearns-Sayre syndrome is reported. The deletion of mitochondrial DNA in the endomyocardial biopsy sample from the patient was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction method, and was identified to that in the skeletal muscle.

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