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Pearson syndrome

Synopsis

- metabolic acidosis
- anemia, bleeding
- hypoglycemia
- proximal tubulopathy
- fibrosis in the liver
- severe iron deposition in hepatocytes
- multiple renal cortical cysts

Etiology

- heteroplasmic deletion of mitochondrial DNA

See also

- Kearns-Sayre syndrome