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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
11
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1986-11-25
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pubmed:abstractText |
A 3-day-old girl had a syndrome of lethargy and lactic acidosis. Pregnancy and delivery had been normal; there was no consanguinity or family history of neuromuscular disease. At age 4 1/2 months, she had generalized weakness, hypotonia, areflexia, and macroglossia. She developed cyanosis and respiratory failure, and marked cardiomegaly was noted. She died at age 8 1/2 months of cardiac arrest. Results from a muscle biopsy specimen obtained at age 4 1/2 months showed ragged-red fibers and increased glycogen and lipid droplets. With the cytochrome c oxidase reaction, only 5% of the fibers stained positively in the biopsy specimen. Cytochrome c oxidase activity was 7.3% of normal in muscle mitochondria and 12.2% of normal in heart mitochondria. Reduced-minus-oxidized cytochrome spectra showed lack of the cytochrome aa3 peak. Immunotitration using antibodies against purified human heart cytochrome c oxidase showed normal amount of cross-reacting material in both heart and muscle. The genetic error could have involved a cytochrome c oxidase isozyme common to heart and muscle.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Nov
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pubmed:issn |
0003-9942
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
43
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1198-202
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading | |
pubmed:year |
1986
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Myopathy and fatal cardiopathy due to cytochrome c oxidase deficiency.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Case Reports,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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