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Deoxyguanosine kinase deficiency presenting as neonatal hemochromatosis.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jul 2011
Hanchard Neil A, Shchelochkov Oleg A, Roy Angshumoy, Wiszniewska Joanna, Wang Jing, Popek Edwina J, Karpen Saul, Wong Lee-Jun C, Scaglia Fernando
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in DGUOK result in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion and may present as neonatal liver failure. Neonatal hemochromatosis (NH(1)) is a liver disorder of uncertain and varied etiology characterized by hepatic and non-reticuloendothelial siderosis. To date, deoxyguanosine kinase (dGK(2)) deficiency has not been formally recognized in cases of NH. We report an African American female neonate with clinical...
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