A 38-year-old woman with progressive exercise intolerance and myalgia is found to have a mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (Complex IV) deficiency. Compared to a patient with Complex II (succinate dehydrogenase) deficiency, which finding would best distinguish the clinical presentation of Complex IV deficiency?

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