Anesthetic Management of a Child with Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy

Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with deficiency of thymidine phosphorylase (TP). Associated manifestations include visual and hearing impairments, peripheral neuropathies, leukoencephalopathy, and malnutrition from concomita...

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Main Authors: Vianey Q. Casarez, Acsa M. Zavala, Pascal Owusu-Agyemang, Katherine Hagan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/453714