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Die Autoren bedanken sich bei Herrn Dr. rer. nat. A. Ohlenbusch, Abt. Neuropädiatrie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, für die freundliche Überlassung des Befundes der molekulargenetischen Untersuchung.
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Prange, H., Weber, T. „Vanishing white matter disease“. Nervenarzt 82, 1330–1334 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-011-3284-9
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