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Infantile cardioencephalopathy due to a COX15 gene defect: report and review.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Apr 2011
Alfadhel Majid, Lillquist Yolanda P, Waters Paula J, Sinclair Graham, Struys Eduard, McFadden Deborah, Hendson Glenda, Hyams Lauren, Shoffner John, Vallance Hilary D
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We describe respiratory chain complex IV deficiency (cytochrome c oxidase deficiency) in a female infant with a neonatal rapidly progressive fatal course characterized by microcephaly, encephalopathy, persistent lactic acidosis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Postmortem cardiac muscle study showed marked complex IV deficiency. In contrast, complex IV activity was only slightly decreased in the skeletal muscle....
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