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Mutations in SURF1 are important genetic causes of Leigh syndrome in Slovak patients.
Endocrine regulations - 1 Apr 2018
Danis Daniel, Brennerova Katarina, Skopkova Martina, Kurdiova Timea, Ukropec Jozef, Stanik Juraj, Kolnikova Miriam, Gasperikova Daniela
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OBJECTIVES: Leigh syndrome is a progressive early onset neurodegenerative disease typically presenting with psychomotor regression, signs of brainstem and/or basal ganglia disease, lactic acidosis, and characteristic magnetic resonance imaging findings. At molecular level, deficiency of respiratory complexes and/or pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is usually observed. Nuclear gene SURF1 encodes an assembly factor...
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