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Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathy (LEIGH)

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Ergebnisse der Inneren Medizin und Kinderheilkunde

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Subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy in infancy (and childhood); Infantile chronic necrotizing encephalopathy; Leigh’s subacute necrotizing encephalopathy; Subacute necrotizing encephalopathy in infancy; Necrotizing encephalomyelopathy of childhood; (Infantile) necrotizing encephalopathy with predilection for the brain stem; Acute necrotizing encephalopathy localized to the brain stem; Wernicke-like encephalomyelopathy in infancy (and childhood); Infantile Wernicke’s syndrome; Encéphalopathie infantile familiale avec nécrose bilatérale et symétrique des corps striés; Leuco- et polioencéphalopathie symétrique des corps striés; Leuco- et polioencéphalopathie symétrique nécrosante; Wernicke-Encephalopathie im Kindesalter; Fokal-disseminierte Form spongiöser Dystrophien des Nervensystems im Kindesalter mit Bevorzugung des Hirnstammes (infantiles Wernicke-Syndrom); Leigh’s disease.

Dedicated to Prof. Dr. W. Scholz on the occasion of his 80 th anniversary.

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Jellinger, K., Seitelberger, F. (1970). Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathy (LEIGH). In: Heilmeyer, L., Muller, AF., Prader, A., Schoen, R. (eds) Ergebnisse der Inneren Medizin und Kinderheilkunde. Ergebnisse der Inneren Medizin und Kinderheilkunde, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95138-1_4

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