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Case Report: Late-Onset Mitochondrial Disease Uncovered by Metformin Use in a Patient With Acute Verbal Auditory Agnosia.
Abstract
Verbal auditory agnosia is rarely caused by mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome. Lactate acidosis, which is the adverse effect of metformin, has proposed links to mitochondrial dysfunction and may trigger clinical features of mitochondrial diseases.