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Six of the 36 children had acute encephalopathy followed by mental deterioration and 2 had autistic features (Nissenkorn, Arch Dis Child, 1999). In an epidemiological study of Portuguese children with autistic spectrum disorder, 7% had a definitive mitochondrial disease (Olivera, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 2005). ................
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