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Infectious stress triggers a POLG-related mitochondrial disease.
Neurogenetics - 1 Jan 2020
Gaudó Paula, Emperador Sonia, Garrido-Pérez Nuria, Ruiz-Pesini Eduardo, Yubero Delia, García-Cazorla Angels, Artuch Rafael, Montoya Julio, Bayona-Bafaluy María Pilar
Abstract excerpt
A 3-year-old girl presented with severe epilepsy in the context of Borrelia infection. After ceftriaxone/lidocaine administration, she showed secondarily generalized focal crises that led to neurological and motor sequelae. Genetic studies identified in the patient two heterozygous POLG mutations (c.2591A>G; p.Asn864Ser and c.3649G>C; p.Ala1217Pro). Through analysis of POLG activity in cultured fibroblasts, we...
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