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Neuroimaging characteristics in mitochondrial encephalopathies associated with the m.3243A>G MTTL1 mutation.
Journal of neurology - 1 Apr 2013
Tschampa Henriette J, Urbach Horst, Greschus Susanne, Kunz Wolfram S, Kornblum Cornelia
Abstract excerpt
Stroke-like lesions (SLL) are common radiological findings in patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (SLE; MELAS) harboring the m.3243A>G MTTL1 mutation. Imaging patterns in the m.3243A>G mutation carriers with encephalopathies lacking SLE have not been systematically examined to date. The aim of this study was to analyze brain imaging findings in...
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