eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | leigh syndrome |
| Comorbidity | C0023264|subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 21749722 | leigh syndrome (ls, omim 256000) is a subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy characterized by bilateral symmetrical necrotic lesions of gray matter nuclei in the basal ganglia, diencephalon, cerebellum or brainstem. |
| PubMedID- 20593000 | The rare subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy was first described by leigh [1] as a clinically and etiologically highly variable, progressive syndrome seen particularly in pediatric population although a few juvenile and adult cases are known [2, 3]. |
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