Prenatal Diagnosis of a Fetus Harboring an Intermediate Load of the A3243G mtDNA Mutation in a Maternal Carrier Diagnosed with MELAS Syndrome
May 2004
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Prenatal Diagnosis
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Studysummary This study suggests that prenatal genetic diagnosis of MELAS syndrome using amniotic cells may not reliably predict fetal outcomes due to phenotypic diversity observed in siblings with similar levels of mutant mtDNA.
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