[A patient with bilateral lesion in the striatum and slowly progressive dystonia secondary to T14487C mutation in the ND6 gene of complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain].

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INTRODUCTION: A large number of diseases present as bilateral striatal lesion syndrome (BSLS). Clinical manifestations, course and prognosis of these diseases are extremely variable. On the basis of their evolutive course, they can be separated into two major groups: acute, which include toxic, infectious or parainfectious causes, and subacute or chronic, in which inborn errors of metabolism, especially...

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