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Mutated NDUFS6 is the cause of fatal neonatal lactic acidemia in Caucasus Jews.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Sept 2009
Spiegel Ronen, Shaag Avraham, Mandel Hanna, Reich Dan, Penyakov Marina, Hujeirat Yasir, Saada Ann, Elpeleg Orly, Shalev Stavit A
Abstract excerpt
NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I; EC 1.6.5.3), the largest respiratory chain complex is composed of 45 proteins and is located at the mitochondrial inner membrane. Defects in complex I are associated with energy generation disorders, of which the most severe is congenital lactic acidosis. We report on four infants from two unrelated families of Jewish Caucasus origin with fatal neonatal lactic acidemia...
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