Clinicopathological findings of a mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes/Leigh syndrome overlap patient with a novel m.3482A>G mutation in MT-ND1.

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We report clinicopathological findings of a patient with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes/Leigh syndrome (MELAS/LS) associated with a novel m.3482A>G mutation in MT-ND1. A 41-year-old woman had experienced multiple stroke-like episodes since age 16. She developed akinetic mutism two months before admission to our hospital. Neurological examination revealed akinetic mutism,...

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