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Extensive clinical and genetic workup is worthwhile in patients with Leigh-like syndrome due to the TSFM variant c.547G>A

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Finsterer, J. Extensive clinical and genetic workup is worthwhile in patients with Leigh-like syndrome due to the TSFM variant c.547G>A. Neurogenetics 20, 219–220 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-019-00585-2

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