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Leukoencephalopathy with brain stem and spinal cord involvement (and high lactate): raising the bar for diagnosis

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S. Arthur Moore, Neeraj Kumar, and Ralitza H. Gavrilova have nothing to disclose. No IRB approval was required as this is a case report of an individual patient. No patient consent was obtained as this is a case report in which the proband is unrecognizable based on the information presented.

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    S. Arthur Moore, Neeraj Kumar & Ralitza H. Gavrilova

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Moore, S.A., Kumar, N. & Gavrilova, R.H. Leukoencephalopathy with brain stem and spinal cord involvement (and high lactate): raising the bar for diagnosis. J Neurol 259, 2494–2497 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6596-1

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