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Remodelling of skeletal muscle cells in children with SCO2 gene mutation - ultrastructural study.
Folia neuropathologica - 1 Jan 2009
Matyja Ewa, Pronicki Maciej, Kowalski Paweł, Czarnowska Elzbieta, Taybert Joanna
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial protein coded by the SCO2 gene is involved in the process of assembly of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (COX). Progressive cardiomyopathy, neuropathy and lactic acidosis are presented by infants with SCO2 gene mutations. Only a dozen patients with this gene mutation have been reported in the literature. Muscle ultrastructure is mentioned only in a few case reports. The aim of this study was to...
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