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Neonatal mitochondrial leukoencephalopathy with brain and spinal involvement and high lactate: expanding the phenotype of ISCA2 gene mutations.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Jun 2018
Toldo Irene, Nosadini Margherita, Boscardin Chiara, Talenti Giacomo, Manara Renzo, Lamantea Eleonora, Legati Andrea, Ghezzi Daniele, Perilongo Giorgio, Sartori Stefano
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A homoallelic missense founder mutation of the iron-sulfur cluster assembly 2 (ISCA2) gene has been recently reported in six cases affected by an autosomal recessive infantile neurodegenerative mitochondrial disorder. We documented a case of a 2-month-old girl presenting with severe hypotonia and nystagmus, who rapidly deteriorated and died at the age of three months. Increased cerebral spinal fluid level of...
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