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A genomewide linkage-disequilibrium scan localizes the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean cytochrome oxidase deficiency to 2p16.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 2001
Lee N, Daly M J, Delmonte T, Lander E S, Xu F, Hudson T J, Mitchell G A, Morin C C, Robinson B H, Rioux J D
Abstract excerpt
Leigh syndrome (LS) affects 1/40,000 newborn infants in the worldwide population and is characterized by the presence of developmental delay and lactic acidosis and by a mean life expectancy variously estimated at 3-5 years. Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ) cytochrome oxidase (COX) deficiency (LS French-Canadian type [LSFC] [MIM 220111]), an autosomal recessive form of congenital lactic acidosis, presents with...
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