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L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria and brain malignant tumors: a predisposing condition?
Neurology - 25 May 2004
Moroni I, Bugiani M, D'Incerti L, Maccagnano C, Rimoldi M, Bissola L, Pollo B, Finocchiaro G, Uziel G
Abstract excerpt
L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria is a rare metabolic encephalopathy displaying a subcortical leukoencephalopathy on MRI. Diagnosis rests on detection of an abnormal accumulation of L-2-hydroxyglutaric acid in body fluids. The authors report on four patients who developed a malignant brain tumor during the course of the disease. This association points to a possible role of L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria in predisposing...
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