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Blakely, E.L., Swalwell, H., Petty, R.K.H. et al. Sporadic myopathy and exercise intolerance associated with the mitochondrial 8328G>A tRNALys mutation. J Neurol 254, 1283–1285 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-006-0490-7
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