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01-03-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Late-onset of Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome: an unusual cause of refractory epilepsy and liver failure

Authors: Frédéric London, Nawal Hadhoum, Olivier Outteryck, Patrick Vermersch, Hélène Zéphir

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 1/2017

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Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS) is an uncommon inherited mitochondrial disease characterized by a clinical triad: refractory epilepsy, hepatopathy and progressive psychomotor regression [1]. It usually occurs in infancy or early childhood while juvenile-onset is rare. We present a 16 years old girl with refractory epilepsy in whom the diagnosis was suspected because of acute liver dysfunction. …

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Title: Late-onset of Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome: an unusual cause of refractory epilepsy and liver failure
Authors: Frédéric London
Nawal Hadhoum
Olivier Outteryck
Patrick Vermersch
Hélène Zéphir
Publication date: 01-03-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-016-0672-8

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