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Absent Thalami Caused by a Homozygous EARS2 Mutation: Expanding Disease Spectrum of LTBL.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Jan 2016
Kevelam Sietske H, Klouwer Femke C C, Fock Johanna M, Salomons Gajja S, Bugiani Marianna, van der Knaap Marjo S
Abstract excerpt
Leukoencephalopathy with thalamus and brainstem involvement and high lactate (LTBL) is caused by autosomal recessive EARS2 mutations. Onset is most often in infancy, but in severe cases in the neonatal period. Patients typically have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal abnormalities involving the thalamus, brainstem, and deep cerebral white matter. Most signal abnormalities resolve, but in severe cases at the...
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