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Official Description

Disorders of mitochondrial metabolism
Kearns-Sayre syndrome
Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like episodes (MELAS syndrome)
Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE)
Myoclonus with Epilepsy and with Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF syndrome)
Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP syndrome)
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Excludes: disorders of pyruvate metabolism (271.8), Leber's optic atrophy (377.16), Leigh's subacute necrotizing encephalopathy (330.8), Reye's syndrome (331.81)
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