POLGI Mutations in Infantile Hepatocerebral Syndromes

Nine patients, 2 sibling pairs and 5 singleton cases, with POLGI mutations associated with infantile fatal encephalopathy and hepatopathy, 8 having typical Alpers’ syndrome (Alpers’ hepatopathic poliodystrophy) and one a severe floppy infant syndrome with hepatic failure, are reported from the National Institute of Neurology, Milano; Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence; University of Verona; University Hospital, Monza, Italy; and University Children’s Hospital, Hamburg, Germany.