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Peripheral neuropathy, episodic myoglobinuria, and respiratory failure in deficiency of the mitochondrial trifunctional protein.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jan 2004
Spiekerkoetter Ute, Bennett Michael J, Ben-Zeev Bruria, Strauss Arnold W, Tein Ingrid
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial trifunctional protein (TFP) deficiency is a rare disorder of the fatty acid beta-oxidation cycle with heterogeneous phenotypes and occurs secondary to either alpha- or beta-subunit mutations. We characterized the neuromyopathic phenotype of TFP deficiency through adolescence or adulthood in 11 patients, 8 with beta-subunit mutations and 3 with alpha-subunit mutations. Two independent clinical...
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