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Mild clinical manifestation and unusual recovery upon coenzyme Q₁₀ treatment in the first Chinese Leigh syndrome pedigree with mutation m.10197 G>A.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Mar 2015
Chen Zhiting, Zhao Zhenhua, Ye Qinyong, Chen Ying, Pan Xiaodong, Sun Bin, Huang Huapin, Zheng An
Abstract excerpt
The Leigh syndrome (LS), characterized by psychomotor retardation, seizures, nystagmus, ophthalmoparesis, optic atrophy, ataxia, dystonia, or respiratory failure, is one of the most severe mitochondrial diseases. In the majority of cases, the disease is fatal and patients die before age 5. Mutation m.10197 G>A was found to relate to the severe phenotype of the Leigh syndrome. Here, we describe the first Chinese...
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