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Uterus <jats:italic>infantilis<\/jats:italic> was detected on ultrasound study. Clinical exome sequencing identified two novel variants, NM_020745:c.2864G&amp;gt;A (p.W955<jats:sup>*<\/jats:sup>) and NM_020745:c.1036C&amp;gt;A (p.P346T, p.P346Wfs<jats:sup>*<\/jats:sup>18), in <jats:italic>AARS2<\/jats:italic>. Histopathological and biochemical studies on muscle biopsy revealed mitochondrial disorder with cytochrome C oxidase (COX) deficiency.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Several adult-onset cases of leukoencephalopathy and ovarian failure associated with <jats:italic>AARS2<\/jats:italic> variants have been reported. To our best knowledge, none of them showed uterus <jats:italic>infantilis<\/jats:italic>. Here we enlarge the genetic and phenotypic spectrum of <jats:italic>AARS2<\/jats:italic>-related dementia with leukoencephalopathy and ovarian failure and contribute with detailed clinical, clinometric, neuroimaging, and molecular studies to disease and novel molecular variants characterization.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2023.878446","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,30]],"date-time":"2023-06-30T04:49:00Z","timestamp":1688100540000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Uterus infantilis: a novel phenotype associated with AARS2 new genetic variants. 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