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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
A case is reported of a 16-month-old girl who presented with generalized hypotonia, ptosis and persistent low grade fever after a previous pneumonia. Brain CT and MRI showed symmetric necrotizing lesions in the basal ganglia, substantia nigra and periaqueduct area. Lactate and pyruvate levels were elevated in both the blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Biopsy of the rectus femoris muscle for electron microscopic examination revealed some distortion of the mitochondrial cristae. Biochemical study showed normal respiratory chain enzymes. Leigh disease was considered from the neuroradiological findings and morphological investigations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6578
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
301-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Leigh disease (subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy): report of one case.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Medical College Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports