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Reply to Josef Finsterer “MELAS requires broad clinical and genetic work-up”

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  1. Diabetology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    C. Cosentino, E. Mannucci & B. Cresci

  2. Department of Neurosciences, Drug Research, and Child’s Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    M. Contento

  3. Division Neurology 2, Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    M. Paganini

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Cosentino, C., Contento, M., Paganini, M. et al. Reply to Josef Finsterer “MELAS requires broad clinical and genetic work-up”. Acta Diabetol 56, 1089–1090 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-019-01361-2

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