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01-05-2021 | Cranial MRI | Letter to the Editor

A novel nonsense mutation in the TYMP gene causing MNGIE with multiple intracranial hemorrhages on brain MRI

Authors: Zheng Jiang, Bi Zhao, Hui-fang Shang, Wei Song

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 5/2021

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Title: A novel nonsense mutation in the TYMP gene causing MNGIE with multiple intracranial hemorrhages on brain MRI
Authors: Zheng Jiang
Bi Zhao
Hui-fang Shang
Wei Song
Publication date: 01-05-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Cranial MRI
Polyneuropathy
Underweight
Ptosis
Underweight
Ophthalmoparesis
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 5/2021
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04904-6

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