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[Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE)].
Casopis lekaru ceskych - 1 Jan 2006
Honzík T, Tesarová M, Hansíková H, Krijt J, Benes P, Zámecník J, Wenchich L, Zeman J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is a disorder with autosomal recessive inheritance caused by mutations in the gene encoding thymidine phosphorylase (TP). TP deficiency results in imbalance of mitochondrial pool of nucleotides leading secondary to multiple deletions and depletion of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and impairment of oxidative phosphorylation system. The disease...
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