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Leigh syndrome associated with a novel mutation in the COX15 gene.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Jun 2016
Miryounesi Mohammad, Fardaei Majid, Tabei Seyed Mohammadbagher, Ghafouri-Fard Soudeh
Abstract excerpt
Leigh syndrome (LS) is a subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy with a diverse range of symptoms, such as psychomotor delay or regression, weakness, hypotonia, truncal ataxia, intention tremor as well as lactic acidosis in the blood, cerebrospinal fluid or urine. Both nuclear gene defects and mutations of the mitochondrial genome have been detected in these patients. Here we report a 7-year-old girl with...
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