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As per the end of July 2021, at least 50 patients carrying the mtDNA variant m.13513G\u2009&gt;\u2009A have been reported. Age ranged between 0 and 63 years, and of these patients, 28 were male and 22 were female. The phenotype was highly variable. The most common phenotypes were Leigh syndrome (LS; n\u2009=\u200925), mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS; n\u2009=\u200911), Leigh-like syndrome (n\u2009=\u20094), MELAS\/LS (n\u2009=\u20093), progressive external ophthalmoplegia (n\u2009=\u20093), MELAS\/Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON; n\u2009=\u20091), and LHON (n\u2009=\u20091). More rarely are nonsyndromic phenotypes. Heteroplasmy rates were highly variable ranging from 0 to 86% depending on the investigated tissue. The outcome was reported in only a few cases but was worse in patients with LS compared with those with MELAS. The variant m.13513G\u2009&gt;\u2009A is responsible for syndromic or nonsyndromic MIDs. Syndromic MIDs in which this variant should be particularly considered include LS, MELAS, and LHON and their overlaps. 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