title: Deletion of mitochondrial DNA in the endomyocardial biopsy sample from a patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome.
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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nomoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007625:Kearns-Sayre Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart; D009206:Myocardium / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial