Cargando…

Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy: a clinicopathological mimic of Crohn’s disease

BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy (MNGIE), due to mutations in TYMP, often presents with gastrointestinal symptoms. Two sisters, initially managed for Crohn’s disease based upon clinical, imaging and pathological findings, were later found to have MNGIE. The cases provid...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Patel, Ravi, Coulter, Lucia Lee, Rimmer, Joanna, Parkes, Miles, Chinnery, Patrick Francis, Swift, Oscar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6334462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30646848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-018-0925-5