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Observations regarding retinopathy in mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiencies.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 May 2012
Fletcher Autumn L, Pennesi Mark E, Harding Cary O, Weleber Richard G, Gillingham Melanie B
Abstract excerpt
Although the retina is thought to primarily rely on glucose for fuel, inherited deficiency of one or more activities of mitochondrial trifunctional protein results in a pigmentary retinopathy leading to vision loss. Many other enzymatic deficiencies in fatty acid oxidation pathways have been described, none of which results in retinal complications. The etiology of retinopathy among patients with defects in...
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