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Broadening the phenotypic spectrum of Pearson syndrome: Five new cases and a review of the literature.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Feb 2020
Wild K Taylor, Goldstein Amy C, Muraresku Colleen, Ganetzky Rebecca D
Abstract excerpt
Pearson syndrome (PS) is a multisystem mitochondrial respiratory chain disorder typically characterized by sideroblastic anemia and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. PS is caused by a single large-scale mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletion. PS classically presents in the first year of life and may be fatal in infancy. Children who survive PS may progress to develop Kearns-Sayre syndrome later in life. The full...
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