Late-onset leukoencephalopathy in a patient with recessive EARS2 mutations

Edoardo Monfrini1, Dario Ronchi1, Giulia Franco1

  • 1Dino Ferrari Centre (E.M., D.R., F.A., G.P.C., N.B., A.D.F.), Neuroscience Section, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation (DEPT), University of Milan; Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (E.M., G.F., M.G., F.A., G.P.C., N.B., A.D.F.), Neurology Unit; Department of Biomedical Sciences (L.S., S.D.), Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele; Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (E.S.), Neuroradiology Unit; and Humanitas Clinical and Research Center (S.D.), IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.

Neurology. Genetics
|August 18, 2020
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