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Novel c.191C>G (p.Pro64Arg) MPV17 mutation identified in two pairs of unrelated Polish siblings with mitochondrial hepatoencephalopathy.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jun 2014
Piekutowska-Abramczuk D, Pronicki M, Strawa K, Karkucińska-Więckowska A, Szymańska-Dębińska T, Fidziańska A, Więckowski M R, Jurkiewicz D, Ciara E, Jankowska I, Sykut-Cegielska J, Krajewska-Walasek M, Płoski R, Pronicka E
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This study reports clinical, biochemical and histopathological findings associated with a novel homozygous MPV17 mutation in four patients with mitochondrial depletion syndrome. The severe course of the disease, which started in the first weeks of life, was dominated by a failure to thrive, hypotonia and liver dysfunction, with relatively mild neurological involvement. All affected infants died by 1 year of age....
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