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High prevalence of SURF1 c.845_846delCT mutation in Polish Leigh patients.
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 1 Mar 2009
Piekutowska-Abramczuk Dorota, Popowska Ewa, Pronicki Maciej, Karczmarewicz Elzbieta, Tylek-Lemanska Dorota, Sykut-Cegielska Jolanta, Szymanska-Dembinska Tamara, Bielecka Liliana, Krajewska-Walasek Malgorzata, Pronicka Ewa
Abstract excerpt
Leigh syndrome is a neuropathological disorder with typical morphological changes in brain, appearing regardless of diverse molecular background. One of the most common enzymatic defects in Leigh patients is cytochrome c oxidase deficiency associated with recessive mutations in the SURF1 gene. To assess the SURF1 mutation profile among Polish patients we studied 41 affected children from 34 unrelated families by...
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