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Novel compound heterozygous TARS2 variants in a Chinese family with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy: a case report.
BMC medical genetics - 5 Nov 2020
Li Xiaojing, Peng Bingwei, Hou Chi, Li Jinliang, Zeng Yiru, Wu Wenxiao, Liao Yinting, Tian Yang, Chen Wen-Xiong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy caused by bi-allelic deleterious variants in TARS2 is rare. To date, only two pedigrees were reported in the literature and the connection between the gene and disease needs further study. CASE PRESENTATION: We report one infant who presented with limb hypertonia, epilepsy, developmental delay, and increased serum lactate from a non-consanguineous Chinese family....
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