Clinical Cases of Leukoencephalopathy with Predominant Lesion of the Brain Stem, Spinal Cord and High Blood Lactate in the MR Spectroscopy (Mitochondrial Aspartyl-tRNASynthetase Deficiency)

Autor: Ye. P. Kolesnikova, L. M. Kuzenkova, K. V. Savostyanov, O. V. Globa, T. V. Podkletnova
Jazyk: English<br />Russian
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Вопросы современной педиатрии, Vol 14, Iss 6, Pp 724-731 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1682-5527
1682-5535
DOI: 10.15690/vsp.v14i6.1483
Popis: Leukoencephalopathy with predominant lesion of the brain stem, spinal cord and high blood lactate in the MR spectroscopy is a hereditary disease characterized by slowly progressing cerebellar, pyramidal disorders, disorders involving the lesion of posterior columns of the spinal cord and highly specific changes according to the data of MRI and magnetic resonanse spectroscopy of the brain and spinal cord. This disease is one of nuclear inherited mitochondrial encephalomyopathies, caused by mutations in the DARS2 gene and characterized by mitochondrial aspartyl-tRNA-synthetase deficiency. This article presents the record of the disease description, its genetic basis, clinical features and diagnostic criteria. The article describes two clinical cases of the disease in 9-year and 17-year old girls.
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