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Mitochondrial DNA 8993T>G mutation in a child with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency and leigh syndrome: an unexpected association.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Aug 2012
Henriques Margarida, Diogo Luísa, Garcia Paula, Pratas João, Simões Marta, Grazina Manuela
Abstract excerpt
MC, female, is the third child of a nonconsanguineous Portuguese couple, born after an uneventful pregnancy and delivery. A positive family history of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, associated with the IVS8+1 G>A mutation in the ornithine transcarbamylase gene, prompted prenatal diagnosis with identification of the same mutation in the proband. During an episode of Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis at 1.5...
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