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Three novel SURF-1 mutations in Japanese patients with Leigh syndrome.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Mar 2002
Ogawa Yukiko, Naito Etsuo, Ito Michinori, Yokota Ichiro, Saijo Takahiko, Shinahara Kumi, Kuroda Yasuhiro
Abstract excerpt
Leigh syndrome, a severe neurodegenerative disorder, commonly is associated with cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. Recent studies in white patients indicate that SURF-1 gene mutations can cause Leigh syndrome associated with cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. When we measured cytochrome c oxidase activity in cultured lymphoblastoid cells from our Japanese patients with typical Leigh syndrome, three patients...
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