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A new mutation in the gene encoding mitochondrial seryl-tRNA synthetase as a cause of HUPRA syndrome.
BMC nephrology - 13 Sept 2013
Rivera Henry, Martín-Hernández Elena, Delmiro Aitor, García-Silva María Teresa, Quijada-Fraile Pilar, Muley Rafael, Arenas Joaquín, Martín Miguel A, Martínez-Azorín Francisco
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HUPRA syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disease characterized by hyperuricemia, pulmonary hypertension, renal failure in infancy and alkalosis. This syndrome was previously described in three patients with a homozygous mutation c.1169A > G (p.D390G) in SARS2, encoding the mitochondrial seryl-tRNA synthetase. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report the clinical and genetic findings in a girl and her brother....
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