Article
Muscle mitochondria investigation in myotonic dystrophy.
European neurology - 1 Jan 1993
Vita G, Toscano A, Prelle A, Bordoni A, Checcarelli N, Bresolin N, Baradello A, Messina C
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial abnormalities have been previously reported in some patients with myotonic dystrophy (DM). The aim of the present paper was to study muscle mitochondria in 32 DM patients by morphological, biochemical (when suggested by morphology) and genetic analysis. A single ragged red fiber, bu...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Middle Aged
- Mitochondria, Muscle
- Myotonic Dystrophy
- Phenotype