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. 1997 May;62(5):544–546. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.62.5.544

Two unusual clinical presentations of the mitochondrial DNA A3243G point mutation in adult neurological practice.

M G Hanna, J R Vaughan, P A Silburn, P T Davis, R C Greenhall, M V Squier, K R Mills, S Renowden, A Sellar

PMCID: PMC486887 PMID: 9153625

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