Abstract
Most patients with mutations in the tRNA(lys) gene (MTTK) present with symptoms from the central nervous system (CNS). We describe a 41-year-old woman with pure myopathy associated with a novel de novo mtDNA mutation, mt.8340G>A, which was heteroplasmic in muscle (53%), blood, urine and mouth epithelial cells (
Original language | English |
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Journal | Neuromuscular disorders : NMD |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 162-6 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISSN | 0960-8966 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2014 |