title: The 3260 mutation in mitochondrial DNA can cause mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS).
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrastructural Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horai
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goto
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017241:MELAS Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial