| Literature DB >> 10899453 |
L Santoro1, R Carrozzo, A Malandrini, F Piemonte, C Patrono, M Villanova, A Tessa, S Palmeri, E Bertini, F M Santorelli.
Abstract
We report on a 5-year-old boy with clinical and neuroradiological evidence of Leigh syndrome and peripheral neuropathy. Skeletal muscle biopsy showed decreased cytochrome c oxidase stain. Ultrastructurally, the nerve biopsy showed a defect of myelination. Biochemical analyses of muscle homogenate showed cytochrome c oxidase deficiency (15% residual activity). SURF1 gene analysis identified a novel homozygous nonsense mutation which predicts a truncated surf1 protein.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10899453 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8966(99)00122-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuromuscul Disord ISSN: 0960-8966 Impact factor: 4.296