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TANGO2-related metabolic encephalopathy and arrythmias

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A syndrome that is characterized by episodic metabolic degeneration affecting skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and the nervous system and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the TANGO2 gene on chromosome 22q11.

Signs and symptoms

  • Elevated circulating creatine kinase activity
  • Ataxia
  • Lower limb spasticity
  • Elevated circulating aldolase concentration
  • Intellectual disability
  • Elevated circulating aspartate aminotransferase concentration
  • Absent speech
  • Babinski sign
  • Dysarthria
  • Global developmental delay

Also known as: TANGO2 deficiency; metabolic encephalomyopathic crises, recurrent, with rhabdomyolysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and neurodegeneration