leigh disease/edema

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in a wide range of degenerative processes including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ischemic heart disease, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease and aging. ROS are generated by mitochondria as the toxic by-products of oxidative phosphorylation, their

Leigh syndrome (LS), or subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy, is the most common childhood mitochondrial encephalopathy, accounting for more than 50% of cases in this age group. Its estimated incidence is 1:40,000 - 1:77,000 liveborn infants a year. LS is a rare progressive multisystem fatal