Late-onset of Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome: an unusual cause of refractory epilepsy and liver failure.
(2017) Acta Neurologica Belgica — Vol. 117, n° 1, p. 399-401 (2017)
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- (en) INTRODUCTION : Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS) is an uncommon inherited mitochondrial disease characterized by a clinical triad: refractory epilepsy, hepatopathy and progressive psychomotor regression [1]. It usually occurs in infancy or early childhood while juvenile-onset is rare. We present a 16 years old girl with refractory epilepsy in whom the diagnosis was suspected because of acute liver dysfunction. [...]
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London, F., Hadhoum, N., Outteryck, O., Vermersch, P., & Zéphir, H. (2017). Late-onset of Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome: an unusual cause of refractory epilepsy and liver failure. Acta Neurologica Belgica, 117(1), 399-401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-016-0672-8 (Original work published 2017)