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Novel LRPPRC compound heterozygous mutation in a child with early-onset Leigh syndrome French-Canadian type: case report of an Italian patient.
Italian journal of pediatrics - 24 Sept 2020
Piro Ettore, Serra Gregorio, Antona Vincenzo, Giuffrè Mario, Giorgio Elisa, Sirchia Fabio, Schierz Ingrid Anne Mandy, Brusco Alfredo, Corsello Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial diseases, also known as oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) disorders, with a prevalence rate of 1:5000, are the most frequent inherited metabolic diseases. Leigh Syndrome French Canadian type (LSFC), is caused by mutations in the nuclear gene (2p16) leucine-rich pentatricopeptide repeat-containing (LRPPRC). It is an autosomal recessive neurogenetic OXPHOS disorder, phenotypically...
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