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Mitochondrial myopathy and respiratory failure associated with a new mutation in the mitochondrial transfer ribonucleic acid glutamic acid gene.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Apr 2003
Bruno Claudio, Sacco Oliviero, Santorelli Filippo M, Assereto Stefania, Tonoli Emmanuel, Bado Massimo, Rossi Giovanni A, Minetti Carlo
Abstract excerpt
We report a novel T14687C mutation in the mitochondrial transfer ribonucleic acid glutamic acid gene in a 16-year-old boy with myopathy and lactic acidosis, retinopathy, and progressive respiratory failure leading to death. A muscle biopsy showed cytochrome c oxidase-negative ragged-red fibers, and biochemical analysis of the respiratory chain enzymes in muscle homogenate revealed complex I and complex IV...
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