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Living donor liver transplantation for myocerebrohepatopathy spectrum due to POLG mutations.
Pediatric transplantation - 1 Feb 2024
Kadohisa Masashi, Okamoto Tatsuya, Yamamoto Miki, Uebayashi Elena Yukie, Sonoda Mari, Ogawa Eri, Yokoyama Atsushi, Kawasaki Hidenori, Hiejima Eitaro, Ito Shogo, Togawa Takao, Imagawa Kazuo, Murayama Kei, Okajima Hideaki, Hatano Etsuro
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BACKGROUND: POLG is one of several nuclear genes associated with mitochondrial DNA maintenance defects and is a group of diseases caused by mitochondrial DNA deficiency that results in impaired adenosine triphosphate production and organ dysfunction. Myocerebrohepatopathy spectrum (MCHS) is the most severe and earliest presentation of POLG mutations, and liver transplantation (LT) for MCHS has never been...
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