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ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2011

Barth syndrome diagnosed in the subclinical stage of heart failure based on the presence of lipid storage myopathy and isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium.

Atsuhito Takeda, Akira Sudo, Masafumi Yamada, Hirokuni Yamazawa, Gaku Izumi, Ichizo Nishino, Tadashi Ariga

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Article in European journal of pediatrics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  2. Barth Syndrome:Genes · 2025
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  4. Barth syndrome: mechanisms and management.The application of clinical genetics · 2019
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  5. MELAS syndrome due to the m.3291T > C mutation.Molecular genetics and metabolism reports · 2016
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  7. Barth syndrome.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2013
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Atsuhito TakedaDepartment of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15, West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan. a-takeda@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Akira Sudo
Masafumi Yamada
Hirokuni Yamazawa
Gaku Izumi
Ichizo Nishino
Tadashi Ariga

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked disorder characterized by skeletal myopathy, neutropenia, growth delay, and cardiomyopathy. It is caused by mutations in the tafazzin gene (TAZ). Although early diagnosis is critical to prevent the progression of heart failure, this disease remains unrecognized when heart failure is not clinically significant. Here we report on a 13-year-old boy with no family history of BTHS who was diagnosed with the syndrome in the subclinical stage of heart failure. The clues to the diagnosis of BTHS in this patient were the findings of lipid storage myopathy in the skeletal muscle biopsy, elevated plasma brain natriuretic peptide, and the diagnosis of isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium in echocardiography. Genetic studies of TAZ revealed a disease-causing mutation (p.Gly216Arg) in this patient. Physicians should be aware of the possibility of this disease and carry out genetic studies when it is considered.

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AdolescentBarth SyndromeEarly DiagnosisEchocardiographyHeart FailureHumansIsolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular MyocardiumMaleMuscle, SkeletalNatriuretic Peptide, BrainNatriuretic Peptide, Brain

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