Mitochondrial Disease as a Cause of Neonatal Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Diagnosis of mitochondrial respiratory chain disorder (MRCD) is often difficult. Its pathogenesis is still unclear. We diagnosed MRCD by measuring the activity of the mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme, and the patient also had hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). A preterm female infant wa...

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Main Authors: Kazumasa Fuwa, Mitsuru Kubota, Masami Kanno, Hiroshi Miyabayashi, Ken Kawabata, Keiichi Kanno, Masaki Shimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pediatrics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3932646