Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis With Concurrent LHON-associated m.14484T>C Mutation: A Case Report and Literature Review.

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BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare neurodegenerative disease that mostly presents as sporadic cases. Currently, no mitochondrial-related gene mutations have been identified as the cause of ALS. Mitochondrial gene mutations cause rare hereditary diseases, and the symptoms of pure muscle weakness and muscle atrophy are rarely observed. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a young patient...

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