Mitochondrial DNA analysis by multiplex denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and selective sequencing in pediatric patients with cardiomyopathy
Schrijver I, Pique LM, Traynis I, Scharfe C, Sehnert AJ. Mitochondrial DNA analysis by multiplex denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and selective sequencing in pediatric patients with cardiomyopathy. Genetics In Medicine 2009, 11: 118-126. PMID: 19265752, DOI: 10.1097/gim.0b013e318190356b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary optic neuropathyPediatric patientsWorse clinical symptomsHigh-performance liquid chromatographyDNA testingLeber's hereditary optic neuropathyIndividual sequence changesMutation analysisNovel heteroplasmic mutationClinical diagnostic useIdiopathic cardiomyopathyRare causeClinical symptomsOptic neuropathyDefinitive diagnosisPediatric cardiomyopathyAdditional functional parametersMultisystemic diseaseCardiomyopathyPathogenic changesUncertain pathogenicityLiquid chromatographyPatientsRespiratory chain activityDiagnostic use