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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2005; 15(02): 217-219
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.28806
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Leigh′s disease (subacute necrotising encephalo-myelopathy)-a case report

AG Hombal
Department of Radio-Diagnosis and Imaging, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere-577004, Karnataka, India
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VN Narvekar
Department of Radio-Diagnosis and Imaging, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere-577004, Karnataka, India
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Keywords

Leigh′s - Encephalomyelopathy - Putamina - Midbrain


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