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Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome
A mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that is characterized by a clinical triad of psychomotor retardation, intractable epilepsy, and liver failure in infants and young children, and is caused by autosomal recessive inh
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Overview
A mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that is characterized by a clinical triad of psychomotor retardation, intractable epilepsy, and liver failure in infants and young children, and is caused by autosomal recessive inh
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