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Extended spinal cord involvement in adult-onset Leigh syndrome due to mitochondrial 10197G > A mutation

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We thank the patient and his family, as well as the medical staff of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

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    Yanping Wei, Min Qian & Yingmai Yang

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Wei, Y., Qian, M. & Yang, Y. Extended spinal cord involvement in adult-onset Leigh syndrome due to mitochondrial 10197G > A mutation. Neurol Sci 43, 6997–7000 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06305-3

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