Successful recovery from severe hypertension in a patient with Leigh syndrome

Successful recovery from severe hypertension in a patient with Leigh syndrome

Hypertension is a rare complication of Leigh Syndrome (LS), but prognosis of patients with hypertension is poor and its presence is indicative of the terminal stage of the disease. Herein, we report a four-year-old girl case diagnosed with LS at 15 months of age who subsequently developed severe hyp...

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Main Authors: Yuto Arai, Kiyotaka Kosugiyama, Takuya Tamura, Sasagu Matsumoto, Akira Sudo, Hideaki Shiraishi, Cammack Ivor, Akira Ohtake, Kiyoshi Nagumo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports
Subjects:
Leigh syndrome
Hypertension
Respiratory failure
Medulla oblongata
Nucleus tractus solitarii
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