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P V S Souza1, Thiago Bortholin1, Carlos Alberto Castro Teixeira1
1Division of Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Abstract:
Leigh syndrome represents a complex inherited neurometabolic and neurodegenerative disorder associated with different clinical, genetic and neuroimaging findings in the context of bilateral symmetrical lesions involving the brainstem and basal ganglia. Heterogeneous neurological manifestations such as spasticity, cerebellar ataxia, dystonia, choreoathetosis and parkinsonism are associated with multisystemic and ophthalmological abnormalities due to >75 different monogenic causes. Here, we describe the clinical and genetic features of a Brazilian cohort of patients with Leigh Syndrome in which muscle biopsy analysis showed mitochondrial DNA defects and determine the utility of whole exome sequencing for a final genetic diagnostic in this cohort.
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