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Fatal infantile mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and optic atrophy associated with a homozygous OPA1 mutation.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2016
Spiegel Ronen, Saada Ann, Flannery Padraig J, Burté Florence, Soiferman Devorah, Khayat Morad, Eisner Verónica, Vladovski Eugene, Taylor Robert W, Bindoff Laurence A, Shaag Avraham, Mandel Hanna, Schuler-Furman Ora, Shalev Stavit A, Elpeleg Orly, Yu-Wai-Man Patrick
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Infantile-onset encephalopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation defects are genetically heterogeneous with defects involving both the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. OBJECTIVE: To identify the causative genetic defect in two sisters presenting with lethal infantile encephalopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and optic atrophy. METHODS: We describe a...
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