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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Neurol. 2019 Jan;15(1):40–52. doi: 10.1038/s41582-018-0101-0

Table 2 |.

Common POLG-related disorders

Age of onset Syndrome Mitochondrial DNA defect
Neonatal or Infancy Myocerebrohepatopathy spectrum (MCHS) Depletion
Infancy or childhood Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS) Depletion
Adolescent or young adult Ataxia neuropathy spectrum (ANS) including mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (MIRAS) and sensory ataxia neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoplegia (SANDO) Deletions
Myoclonic epilepsy myopathy sensory ataxia (MEMSA) including mitochondrial spinocerebellar ataxia with epilepsy (SCAE) Deletions
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) with or without sensory ataxia neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoplegia (SANDO) Deletions