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A cognitively normal PDH-deficient 18-year-old man carrying the R263G mutation in the PDHA1 gene.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2009
Bachmann-Gagescu R, Merritt J Lawrence, Hahn S H
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) is a crucial multienzyme system linking glycolysis to the tricarboxylic acid cycle by catalysing the decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA. Deficiency in pyruvate dehydrogenase is most commonly secondary to mutations in the X-linked PDHA1 gene encoding the E1 alpha subunit. There is a wide range of clinical presentations from severe neonatal lactic acidosis to chronic...
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