Case report Adult, isolated respiratory chain complex IV deficiency with minimal manifestations
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Adult, isolated respiratory chain complex IV deficiency with minimal manifestations.
OBJECTIVES Isolated complex IV (cytochrome c oxidase) deficiency is one of the most frequent respiratory chain defects in mitochondrial disorders (MIDs) and usually occurs together with severe pediatric or rarely adult multisystem disease. Here we report an adult with isolated complex IV deficiency with unusually mild clinical manifestations. CASE REPORT A 50-year-old man had developed genera...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Folia Neuropathologica
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1641-4640
DOI: 10.5114/fn.2015.52412