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MELAS/SANDO overlap syndrome associated with POLG1 mutations

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Abbreviations

COX:

Cytochrome oxidase

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DWI:

Diffusion weighted images

FLAIR:

Fluid attenuated inversion recovery

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

MRS:

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

NAA:

N-Acetyl aspartate

PCR:

Polymerase chain reaction

POLG:

DNA polymerase gamma

SLE:

Stroke-like episode

SLL:

Stroke-like lesion

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M. Deschauer and S. Zierz are members of MitoNET funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians-University, Josef-Schneider Strasse 11, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany

    Niels Hansen

  2. Department of Neurology, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122, Essen, Germany

    Thomas Zwarg & Oliver Kastrup

  3. Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122, Essen, Germany

    Isabel Wanke

  4. Department of Neurology, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Strasse 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Stephan Zierz & Marcus Deschauer

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Hansen, N., Zwarg, T., Wanke, I. et al. MELAS/SANDO overlap syndrome associated with POLG1 mutations. Neurol Sci 33, 209–212 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-011-0631-3

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