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Clinical and molecular characteristics of mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome associated with neonatal cholestasis and liver failure.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Mar 2014
Al-Hussaini Abdulrahman, Faqeih Eissa, El-Hattab Ayman W, Alfadhel Majid, Asery Ali, Alsaleem Badr, Bakhsh Eman, Ali Ashraf, Alasmari Ali, Lone Khurram, Nahari Ahmed, Eyaid Wafaa, Al Balwi Mohammed, Craig Kate, Butterworth Anna, He Langping, Taylor Robert W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDS) in infants with cholestasis and liver failure and to further clarify the clinical, biochemical, radiologic, histopathologic, and molecular features associated with MDS due to deoxyguanosine kinase (DGUOK) and MPV17 gene mutations. STUDY DESIGN: We studied 20 infants with suspected hepatocerebral MDS referred to our tertiary care...
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