Prenatal diagnosis of severe mitochondrial diseases caused by nuclear gene defects: a study in Japan

Abstract Prenatal diagnoses of mitochondrial diseases caused by defects in nuclear DNA (nDNA) or mitochondrial DNA have been reported in several countries except for Japan. The present study aimed to clarify the status of prenatal genetic diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases caused by nDNA defects in...

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Main Authors: Nana Akiyama, Masaru Shimura, Taro Yamazaki, Hiroko Harashima, Takuya Fushimi, Tomoko Tsuruoka, Tomohiro Ebihara, Keiko Ichimoto, Ayako Matsunaga, Megumi Saito-Tsuruoka, Yukiko Yatsuka, Yoshihito Kishita, Masakazu Kohda, Akira Namba, Yoshimasa Kamei, Yasushi Okazaki, Shinji Kosugi, Akira Ohtake, Kei Murayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81015-y