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Clinical manifestation and a new ISCU mutation in iron-sulphur cluster deficiency myopathy.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Aug 2009
Kollberg Gittan, Tulinius Már, Melberg Atle, Darin Niklas, Andersen Oluf, Holmgren Daniel, Oldfors Anders, Holme Elisabeth
Abstract excerpt
Myopathy with deficiency of succinate dehydrogenase and aconitase is a recessively inherited disorder characterized by childhood-onset early fatigue, dyspnoea and palpitations on trivial exercise. The disease is non-progressive, but life-threatening episodes of widespread weakness, severe metabolic acidosis and rhabdomyolysis may occur. The disease has so far only been identified in northern Sweden. The clinical,...
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