Talk:Pearson syndrome

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CPEO v. KSS v. Pearsons

CPEO: generally a deletition greater than 1.3 kb in mtDNA Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: generally a deletition greater than 4.6 kb in mtDNA (1/3 of cases show 4.8 kb deletions) Pearsons: mtDNA deletions greater than 4.6 kb, in more than 80-85% of the mitochondria. (threshold effect) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avkrules (talk • contribs) 05:53, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]