DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome

Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome [DOID:0080122]

A mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that is characterized by a clinical triad of psychomotor retardation, intractable epilepsy, and liver failure in infants and young children, and has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive inheritance of homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the nuclear gene encoding mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma on chromosome 15q26.

Synonyms:  Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome,  AlpersHuttenlocher syndrome,  Alpers-Huttenlocher disease,  Alpers-Huttenlocher disorder,  Alpers-Huttenlocher syndromes ...