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| Year : 2007 | Volume
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Adult onset Leigh syndrome
Lekha Pandit1, Gayatri Narayanappa2, Lathika Shetty3, Sree Krishna3
1 Department of Neurology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Radiology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Lekha Pandit
Department of Neurology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 108, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.31488
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Leigh syndrome is a rare progressive mitochondrial disorder of oxidative metabolism. Though it has been reported in infancy and childhood, it is rarely described in adults. The authors describe a patient who had clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features diagnostic of Leigh syndrome, with supportive biochemical and muscle histochemistry evidence. |
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