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Autosomal dominant mutations in POLG and C10orf2: association with late onset chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and Parkinsonism in two patients

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  1. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Barton R. Brandon & Madhu Soni

  2. Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg and Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine, Luxembourg-City, Luxembourg

    Nico J. Diederich

  3. Mitochondrial Disease Group, Department of Neurology, Uniklinikum CG Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01309, Dresden, Germany

    Katrin Witte, Manja Weinhold, Micaela Krause & Sandra Jackson

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Brandon, B.R., Diederich, N.J., Soni, M. et al. Autosomal dominant mutations in POLG and C10orf2: association with late onset chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and Parkinsonism in two patients. J Neurol 260, 1931–1933 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-013-6975-2

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