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Endothelial ultrastructural alterations of intramuscular capillaries in infantile mitochondrial cytopathies: "mitochondrial angiopathy".
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Dec 2012
Sarnat Harvey B, Flores-Sarnat Laura, Casey Robin, Scott Patrick, Khan Aneal
Abstract excerpt
Electron microscopy (EM) is a reliable method for diagnosing mitochondrial diseases in striated muscle biopsy in infancy. Ultrastructural alterations in mitochondria of myofibers are well documented, but there are few studies of endothelial involvement in intramuscular capillaries. Quadriceps femoris biopsies of five representative infants and toddlers, ages neonate to 3.5 years, were performed because of...
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