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Two novel ECHS1 variants, affecting splicing and reducing enzyme activity, is associated with mitochondrial encephalopathy in infant: a case report.
BMC neurology - 30 Apr 2020
Wu Miaojuan, Gao Wenqi, Deng Zhifang, Liu Zhisheng, Ma Jiehui, Xiao Han, Xu Yu, Sun Dan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Short-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase (ECHS1) is a multifunctional mitochondrial matrix enzyme involved in the second step of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation. Mitochondrial diseases resulting from ECHS1 mutations are often characterised by encephalopathy, deafness, epilepsy, optic atrophy, cardiomyopathy, dystonia, and lactic acidosis. In this study, we report two novel heterogeneous variants,...
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