Leigh’s Syndrome with Two Mitochondrial Defects

Abstract

A female infant with a biochemical defect of the respiratory chain and of β-oxidation and neuropathological changes typical for Leigh’s disease is reported from the Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Homburg, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Freiburg, Germany.

Keywords

• leigh’s syndrome
• mitochondrial enzyme
• dehydrogenase deficiency