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Sensory ataxic neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoparesis (SANDO) in a sibling pair with a homozygous p.A467T POLG mutation.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Feb 2010
McHugh John C, Lonergan Roisin, Howley Rachel, O'Rourke Killian, Taylor Robert W, Farrell Michael, Hutchinson Michael, Connolly Sean
Abstract excerpt
Two siblings who developed fifth-decade-onset, concurrent progressive sensory ataxia, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis were found to be homozygous for the p.A467T mutation of the polymerase gamma (POLG) gene. The clinical course in both subjects was progression to severe disability. The enlarging spectrum of sensory ataxic neuropathies associated with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) instability and POLG mutations...
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