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Localized cerebral energy failure in DNA polymerase gamma-associated encephalopathy syndromes.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 May 2010
Tzoulis Charalampos, Neckelmann Gesche, Mørk Sverre J, Engelsen Bernt E, Viscomi Carlo, Moen Gunnar, Ersland Lars, Zeviani Massimo, Bindoff Laurence A
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the catalytic subunit of the mitochondrial DNA-polymerase gamma cause a wide spectrum of clinical disease ranging from infantile hepato-encephalopathy to juvenile/adult-onset spinocerebellar ataxia and late onset progressive external ophthalmoplegia. Several of these syndromes are associated with an encephalopathy that characteristically shows episodes of rapid neurological deterioration and the...
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