Family Occurrence of an m.3303C>T Point Mutation in the Gene, Which Induces Cardiomyopathy Syndrome with/without Skeletal Muscle Myopathy.

This paper discusses the cases of siblings that were born healthy, then diagnosed in their neonatal periods with cardiomyopathy and/or severe metabolic acidosis, which ran progressive courses and contributed to death in infancy. Molecular testing of the children confirmed the presence of an m.3303C>T point mutation in the mitochondrial DNA in the gene, which was also present in their oligosymptomatic mother and their mother's sister, an asymptomatic carrier.