Talk:Leigh's disease
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Re: Below note on inheritance. Leigh's Disease can be inherited via the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Nuclear DNA, or it can be X-Linked. There are documented cases of all 3 inheritance patterns.
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I am almost 100% sure that the cause underlying Leigh`s disease is not a mutation in the mDNA (I also think this must be mtDNA) but that the defect is nuclear encoded. In this case it is autosomal or x-linked recessive inherited.
There are a few types of Leigh's disease. What you're referring to is the X linked Leigh's disease which is not a mutation in the Oxidative Phosphorylation enzymes (which are both on the mtDNA and the nuclear DNA). The X-linked Leigh's disease is a mutation of the gene encoding the E1-alpha subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, which is located on the X chomosome. More information on this can be found at OMIM.--Nate 18:54, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Info on Dr. Marie Sanzalone
Hi, just curious if anybody else thinks that the information about Dr. Sanzalone should be removed from this page about "Leigh's disease" and moved to a separate biographical article about her, which doesn't exist at this point as far as I can tell. thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fythrion (talk • contribs) 20:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC) I've removed it because it was unsourced. Filip en (talk) 23:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
