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Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1 (PDP1) null mutation produces a lethal infantile phenotype.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 2009
Cameron J M, Maj M, Levandovskiy V, Barnett C P, Blaser S, Mackay N, Raiman J, Feigenbaum A, Schulze A, Robinson B H
Abstract excerpt
Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase deficiency has previously only been confirmed at the molecular level in two brothers and two breeds of dog with exercise intolerance. A female patient, who died at 6 months, presented with lactic acidemia in the neonatal period with serum lactate levels ranging from 2.5 to 17 mM. Failure of dichloroacetate to activate the PDH complex in skin fibroblasts was evident, but not in...
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