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Structural analysis of tissues affected by cytochrome C oxidase deficiency due to mutations in the SCO2 gene.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2008
Vesela Katerina, Hulkova Helena, Hansikova Hana, Zeman Jiri, Elleder Milan
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Structural and histochemical studies carried out in a series of seven cases (from five families) with isolated cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency caused by mutations in the SCO2 gene (1, 2) disclosed changes concentrated in the nervous system, skeletal muscle and myocardium. In five patients homozygous for the E140K mutation, the phenotype was predominantly neuromuscular and the average life span ranged...
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