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Attenuated brain lesion on magnetic resonance imaging in an adult patient with methionine adenosyltransferase I/III deficiency

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Maruta, U., Shimono, T., Tokuhara, D. et al. Attenuated brain lesion on magnetic resonance imaging in an adult patient with methionine adenosyltransferase I/III deficiency. Neurol Sci 38, 1131–1133 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-2879-8

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