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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with ragged-red fibers.
Archives of neurology - 1 Mar 2008
Hirano Michio, Angelini Corrado, Montagna Pasquale, Hays Arthur P, Tanji Kurenai, Mitsumoto Hiroshi, Gordon Paul H, Naini Ali B, DiMauro Salvatore, Rowland Lewis P
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BACKGROUND: Motor neuron diseases (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS] and spinal muscular atrophy [SMA]) have been rarely associated with mitochondrial respiratory chain defects. OBJECTIVES: To describe a patient with typical ALS and the finding of ragged-red fibers in muscle biopsy specimens an...
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