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Hepatic coma culminating in severe brain damage in a child with a SCN1A mutation.
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 1 Sept 2010
Nishri Daniella, Blumkin Lubov, Lev Dorit, Leshinsky-Silver Esther, Abu-Rashid Mohammad, Birch Rachael, Zuberi Sameer M, Lerman-Sagie Tally
Abstract excerpt
An 11 months old boy, developed liver failure after febrile status epilepticus while being treated with valproic acid for myoclonic epilepsy and recurrent partial and generalized seizures. The diagnosis of Alpers-Huttenlocher disease was considered. A muscle biopsy showed mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondrial DNA depletion was ruled out. Sequencing of the polymerase gamma gene (POLG1) did not detect any...
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