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Polymegathism as a biomarker of mitochondrial disorders

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  1. Josef Finsterer and Sinda Zarrouk-Mahjoub contributed equally to this paper.

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  1. Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Postfach 20, 1180, Vienna, Austria

    Josef Finsterer

  2. University of Tunis El Manar and Genomics Platform, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

    Sinda Zarrouk-Mahjoub

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JF: design, literature search, discussion, and first draft. SZ-M: literature search, discussion, and critical comments.

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Finsterer, J., Zarrouk-Mahjoub, S. Polymegathism as a biomarker of mitochondrial disorders. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 256, 1211–1212 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-018-3960-6

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