The median age of patients at diagnosis of mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy was 25 years. The most common neurological symptoms were leukoencephalopathy (83.1%), polyneuropathy (68.5%), and ptosis/ophthalmoparesis (61.8%). And the most common digestive symptoms were weight loss/cachexia (71.9%), abdominal pain (58.4%), diarrhea (57.3%), vomiting (53.9%), and constipation (13.5%).
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