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SCO2 mutations cause early-onset axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease associated with cellular copper deficiency.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2018
Rebelo Adriana P, Saade Dimah, Pereira Claudia V, Farooq Amjad, Huff Tyler C, Abreu Lisa, Moraes Carlos T, Mnatsakanova Diana, Mathews Kathy, Yang Hua, Schon Eric A, Zuchner Stephan, Shy Michael E
Abstract excerpt
Recessive mutations in the mitochondrial copper-binding protein SCO2, cytochrome c oxidase (COX) assembly protein, have been reported in several cases with fatal infantile cardioencephalomyopathy with COX deficiency. Significantly expanding the known phenotypic spectrum, we identified compound heterozygous variants in SCO2 in two unrelated patients with axonal polyneuropathy, also known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth...
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