Article
[Clinical and investigative approaches in mitochondrial diseases. A review of 15 cases].
Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) - 1 Oct 1994
Arpa J, Campos Y, Cruz Martínez A, Gutiérrez Molina M, Arenas J, Alonso M, Plaza I, Morales C, Palomo F, Barreiro P
Abstract excerpt
The results of laboratory investigations in concerning 15 patients suspected of mitochondrial disease (MD) are presented. Our purpose is to provide an outline of the investigative modalities that support the clinical suspicion and have been found to be useful in the diagnosis. Five clinical groups were studied including 5 exercise intolerances (2 with inflammatory myopathy), 3 with myopathies (1 with dilated...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Biopsy
- Brain
- Child
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Electromyography
- Female
- Humans
- Kearns-Sayre Syndrome
- MELAS Syndrome
- MERRF Syndrome