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Mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) mutation m.3302A > G presenting as childhood-onset severe myopathy: threshold determination through segregation study.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2010
Ballhausen Diana, Guerry Frédéric, Hahn Dagmar, Schaller André, Nuoffer Jean-Marc, Bonafé Luisa, Jeannet Pierre-Yves, Jacquemont Sebastien
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) mutation m.3302A > G is associated with respiratory chain complex I deficiency and has been described as a rare cause of mostly adult-onset slowly progressive myopathy. Five families with 11 patients have been described so far; 5 of them died young due to cardiorespiratory failure. Here, we report on a segregation study in a family with an index patient who already presented at the...
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