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ORPHA:254905Disease
Also called Isolated COX deficiency · Isolated mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV deficiency
What it is
A rare mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation disorder characterized by a highly variable clinical phenotype, including a benign infantile mitochondrial type affecting mainly the skeletal muscle, a lethal infantile mitochondrial myopathy linked to severe metabolic acidosis and mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal muscle and often also in heart, Leigh syndrome, which causes severe, early-onset, progressive, and fatal encephalopathy, and French-Canadian type Leigh syndrome, which affects mostly the skeletal muscle, but also brain and liver.
Key facts
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive, Mitochondrial inheritance
- Classified as
- Disease
Genes
ICD-10 codes
ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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