Conditions / Genetic

mitochondrial complex IV deficiency nuclear type 20

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A COX deficiency, benign infantile mitochondrial myopathy that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the COX5A gene on chromosome 15q24.2.

Signs and symptoms

  • Increased circulating lactate concentration
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Elevated circulating hepatic transaminase concentration
  • Lethargy
  • Failure to thrive in infancy
  • Cardiomegaly
  • Wide anterior fontanel
  • Deeply set eye
  • Hypotonia
  • Hepatomegaly

Also known as: MC4DN20