Mitochondrial DNA Deletions in Muscle Fibers in Inclusion Body Myositis

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Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an autoimmune, inflammatory myopathy where morphological changes of muscle, including ragged red fibers, have indicated mitochondrial dysfunction in some muscle fibers. In this study enzyme histochemical analysis showed that cytochrome c oxidase (COX)-deficient muscle fibers were present at a frequency ranging from 0.5 to 5% of the muscle fibers in a series of 20 IBM patients. In...

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