Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging
Leigh Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Boy with Unusual Brain MR Imaging and Pathologic Findings
Meral Topçu, Isil Saatci, R. Anil Apak, Figen Söylemezoglu and Zuhal Akçören
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2000, 21 (1) 224-227;
Meral Topçu
aFrom Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Child Neurology (M.T., R.A.A.), Radiology (I.S.), Pathology (F.S.) and Pediatric Pathology (Z.A.), Ankara, Turkey.
Isil Saatci
aFrom Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Child Neurology (M.T., R.A.A.), Radiology (I.S.), Pathology (F.S.) and Pediatric Pathology (Z.A.), Ankara, Turkey.
R. Anil Apak
aFrom Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Child Neurology (M.T., R.A.A.), Radiology (I.S.), Pathology (F.S.) and Pediatric Pathology (Z.A.), Ankara, Turkey.
Figen Söylemezoglu
aFrom Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Child Neurology (M.T., R.A.A.), Radiology (I.S.), Pathology (F.S.) and Pediatric Pathology (Z.A.), Ankara, Turkey.
Zuhal Akçören
aFrom Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Child Neurology (M.T., R.A.A.), Radiology (I.S.), Pathology (F.S.) and Pediatric Pathology (Z.A.), Ankara, Turkey.

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Meral Topçu, Isil Saatci, R. Anil Apak, Figen Söylemezoglu, Zuhal Akçören
Leigh Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Boy with Unusual Brain MR Imaging and Pathologic Findings
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2000, 21 (1) 224-227;
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