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mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 8b

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A mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that is characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, gastrointestinal dysmotility, cachexia, peripheral neuropathy, and brain MRI changes, known as the MNGIE phenotype, and has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive homozygou

A mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that is characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, gastrointestinal dysmotility, cachexia, peripheral neuropathy, and brain MRI changes, known as the MNGIE phenotype, and has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ribonucleotide reductase M2 B gene on chromosome 8q22.

Also known as: mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome, RRM2B-related