The aim of this study was to assess the natural history of the SCO2 deficiency in relation to the genotype in a cohort of 62 patients with SCO2 mutations (36 this study, 26 previous reports). A novel, milder phenotype (disease onset delayed until one year after birth, nonspecific encephalomyopathy, and 2-4 year survival period) associated with compound heterozygosity of the common p.E140K and a novel p.M177T mutations extends the range of symptoms of the SCO2 deficiency. The prevalence of SCO2 deficiency in Poland is relatively high. A search for SCO2 mutations in patients with histology resembling SMA appears to efficiently improve the detection rate.
Keywords: Genotype–phenotype correlation; Natural history; Novel mutation; OXPHOS; SCO2; SCO2 gene mutations; SMA; oxidative phosphorylation; spinal muscular atrophy; synthesis of COX, cytochrome c oxidase.
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