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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Clinical manifestations and management of four children with Pearson syndrome.
Milena La SpinaAnnarita PittalàPiero FarruggiaCinzia CastanaManuela TuminoLuca Lo NigroMaura FaraciMarivana AlfanoGiovanna RussoAndrea Di CataldoVincenzo Di RaimondoConcetta Melisubject
MalePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyMitochondrial DiseasesAnemiaMitochondrial diseasemedicine.medical_treatmenttrapianto cellule staminali emopoieticheHematopoietic stem cell transplantationDiseaseDNA MitochondrialLipid Metabolism Inborn Errorsmitochondrial disordersFatal OutcomeMuscular DiseasesCause of Deathhematopoietic stem cell transplantation; mitochondrial disorders; Pearson marrow-pancreas syndrome; trapianto cellule staminali emopoietiche; malattie mitocondriali; sindrome di PearsonGeneticsmedicineCongenital Bone Marrow Failure SyndromesHumansChildGenetics (clinical)Pearson marrow-pancreas syndromeCause of deathPearson syndromebusiness.industryAcyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Long-ChainHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationInfantMetabolic acidosissindrome di Pearsonmedicine.diseaseAnemia SideroblasticTransplantationChild PreschoolImmunologymalattie mitocondrialiFemalebusinessGene Deletiondescription
Pearson marrow-pancreas syndrome is a fatal disorder mostly diagnosed during infancy and caused by mutations of mitochondrial DNA. We hereby report on four children affected by Pearson syndrome with hematological disorders at onset. The disease was fatal to three of them and the fourth one, who received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, died of secondary malignancy. In this latter patient transplantation corrected hematological and non-hematological issues like metabolic acidosis, and we therefore argue that it could be considered as a useful option in an early stage of the disease.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-19 | American journal of medical genetics. Part A |