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A mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that is characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, gastrointestinal dysmotility, cachexia, peripheral neuropathy, and brain MRI changes, known as the MNGIE phenotype, and has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ribonucleotide reductase M2 B gene on chromosome 8q22. (DO)
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familial visceral myopathy, external ophthalmoplegia; familial visceral myopathy, with external ophthalmoplegia; intestinal pseudoobstruction with external ophthalmoplegia; oculogastrointestinal muscular dystrophy