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Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy Syndrome Treated with Stem Cell Transplant: A Case Series and Literature Review.
Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Dec 2018
Hanbali Amr, Rasheed Walid, Peedikayil Musthafa Chalikandy, Boholega Saeed, Alzahrani Hazza A
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Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive multisystem disorder caused by nuclear TYMP gene mutations, which leads to deficiency in thymidine phosphorylase enzyme. This deficiency then leads to mitochondrial dysfunction, which causes the features characteristic of this syndrome, including severe muscle wasting, gastrointestinal dysmotility, leukoencephalopathy,...
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