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Phenotypic variability in a Spanish family with MNGIE.
Neurology - 13 Aug 2002
Gamez J, Ferreiro C, Accarino M L, Guarner L, Tadesse S, Martí R A, Andreu A L, Raguer N, Cervera C, Hirano M
Abstract excerpt
Clinical, biochemical, and genetic features of a Spanish family with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy are reported. The proband presented with severe gastrointestinal dysmotility and the affected sister had extraocular muscle weakness. In both affected individuals, biochemical defects of thymidine phosphorylase and a pathogenic G-to-A transition mutation at nucleotide 435 in the thymidine...
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