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Familial Pernicious Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction with a Mitochondrial DNA A3243G Mutation.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2017
Suzuki Junichiro, Iwata Mai, Moriyoshi Hideyuki, Nishida Suguru, Yasuda Takeshi, Ito Yasuhiro
Abstract excerpt
We report the case of a mother and two children who shared a mitochondrial DNA A3243G mutation. The mother had diabetes mellitus, neurogenic bladder, bradykinesia, dystonia, and slowly progressive cerebellar ataxia. Her two daughters were diagnosed with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes at adolescence. They all presented with gastrointestinal symptoms at an advanced...
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