mtDNA or nuclear Mitochondrial / AR unreviewed
Leigh syndrome
Enzyme or protein defect
Multiple ETC / PDC subunits
Accumulates or becomes deficient
Lactate
Key features
Subacute necrotising encephalomyelopathy; brainstem and basal ganglia lesions
Management
Supportive
Not clinical guidance. Written from standard clinical biochemistry, not from the uploaded documents, and marked unreviewed. Teaching-level reference for study and database seeding only. It must not be used to manage a patient.
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