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Walking difficulties and brainstem dysfunction: a case report of adult onset Leigh syndrome

2023-02-22

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Introduction:</bold> Leigh syndrome a progressive, lethal, mitochondrial disease. <bold>Case Presentation:</bold> We report the case of an adult man in his 40s presenting to the Emergency Department showing: dysarthria, oculomotor limitations for downgaze and convergence, mild right hemiparesis with Babinski sign and absent lower limb tendon reflexes. He revealed about walking dif...

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Literature Corpus work: bd818c81-426b-5eed-b101-1d1be94ab548
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2570257/v1

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