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A novel mitochondrial MTND5 frameshift mutation causing isolated complex I deficiency, renal failure and myopathy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2010
Alston Charlotte L, Morak Monika, Reid Christopher, Hargreaves Iain P, Pope Simon A S, Land John M, Heales Simon J, Horvath Rita, Mundy Helen, Taylor Robert W
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Isolated complex I deficiency is the most commonly reported enzyme defect in paediatric mitochondrial disorders, and may arise due to mutations in nuclear-encoded structural or assembly genes, or the mitochondrial genome. We present the clinical, biochemical and molecular genetic data in a young girl whose clinical picture is dominated by chronic renal failure, myopathy and persistent lactic acidosis. An isolated...
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