Article
ETHE1 mutations are specific to ethylmalonic encephalopathy.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2006
Tiranti V, Briem E, Lamantea E, Mineri R, Papaleo E, De Gioia L, Forlani F, Rinaldo P, Dickson P, Abu-Libdeh B, Cindro-Heberle L, Owaidha M, Jack R M, Christensen E, Burlina A, Zeviani M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in ETHE1, a gene located at chromosome 19q13, have recently been identified in patients affected by ethylmalonic encephalopathy (EE). EE is a devastating infantile metabolic disorder, characterised by widespread lesions in the brain, hyperlactic acidaemia, petechiae, orthostatic acrocyanosis, and high levels of ethylmalonic acid in body fluids. To investigate to what extent ETHE1 is responsible for EE,...
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