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    Neurology. 2003 Jun 10;60(11):1857-61.

    A missense mutation in the mitochondrial ND5 gene associated with a Leigh-MELAS overlap syndrome.

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    Dino Ferrari Center, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, I.R.C.C.S. Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Italy. neurogene@policlinico.mi.it

    Abstract

    A 13084 A->T missense mutation in the mitochondrial ND5 gene was identified in a 16-year-old boy affected with a progressive neurodegenerative disorder combining features of Leigh and MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes) syndromes. Muscle biopsy analysis revealed partial complex I deficiency. The mutation presented a variable degree of heteroplasmy in the patient's tissues. This finding underlines the contribution of mtDNA-encoded complex I subunits in the etiology of complex I deficiency associated with encephalopathy.

    PMID:
    12796552
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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