Performance of mitochondrial DNA mutations detecting early stage cancer

Performance of mitochondrial DNA mutations detecting early stage cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mutations in the mitochondrial genome (mtgenome) have been associated with cancer and many other disorders. These mutations can be point mutations or deletions, or admixtures (heteroplasmy). The detection of mtDNA mutations in body f...

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Main Authors: Wagner Paul D, Barker Peter E, Maitra Anirban, Hoque Mohammad O, Greenberg Alissa K, Markowitz Maura E, Maragh Samantha, Jakupciak John P, Rom William N, Srivastava Sudhir, Sidransky David, O'Connell Catherine D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/8/285

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