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Slowly progressive encephalopathy with hearing loss due to a mutation in the mtDNA tRNA(Leu(CUN)) gene.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Mar 2010
Coku Jorida, Shanske Sara, Mehrazin Mahsa, Tanji Kurenai, Naini Ali, Emmanuele Valentina, Patterson Marc, Hirano Michio, DiMauro Salvatore
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic mutations in the tRNA(Leu(UCN)) gene of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been invariably accompanied by skeletal myopathy with or without chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO). We report a young woman with a heteroplasmic m.12276G>A mutation in tRNA(Leu(UCN)), who had childhood-onset and slowly progressive encephalopathy with ataxia, cognitive impairment, and hearing loss. Sequencing of the...
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