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mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 12b
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A mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that is characterized by childhood onset of slowly progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and generalized skeletal myopathy resulting in exercise intolerance, muscle weakness, and atrophy, and has_material_basis_in autos
A mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that is characterized by childhood onset of slowly progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and generalized skeletal myopathy resulting in exercise intolerance, muscle weakness, and atrophy, and has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive inheritance of homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the the solute carrier family 25 member 4 on chromosome 4q35.
Signs and symptoms
- Achilles tendon contracture
- Elevated circulating creatine kinase activity
- Mild intellectual disability
- Cataract
- Headache
- Cytochrome C oxidase-negative muscle fibers
- Nausea and vomiting
- Myalgia
- Multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions
- Hyperalaninemia