| Literature DB >> 8095070 |
E Ciafaloni1, F M Santorelli, S Shanske, T Deonna, E Roulet, C Janzer, G Pescia, S DiMauro.
Abstract
A 6 1/2-year-old girl had developmental regression, and Leigh syndrome was diagnosed. A second girl born to the same mother after heterologous artificial insemination also lost acquired skills and died at 2 1/2 years of age; neuropathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of Leigh syndrome. Tissues from both children and from the mother had a point mutation at nucleotide 8993 in the adenosinetriphosphatase 6-gene of mitochondrial DNA. This family illustrates that Leigh syndrome can be transmitted by maternal inheritance.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8095070 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83431-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN: 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406