Myoclonus epilepsy with ragged red fibers and multiple mtDNA deletions

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Blumenthal, DT
Shanske, S
Schochet, SS
Santorelli, FM
DiMauro, S
Jaynesm, M
Bodensteiner, J
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[1] W Virginia Univ Hosp, Dept Neurol, Morgantown, WV USA
[2] W Virginia Univ Hosp, Dept Pathol, Morgantown, WV USA
[3] W Virginia Univ Hosp, Dept Child Neurol, Morgantown, WV USA
[4] Columbia Univ Coll Phys & Surg, Dept Neurol, New York, NY 10032 USA
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10.1212/WNL.50.2.524
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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In a patient with clinical features of myoclonus epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERFF), molecular genetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA did not show either of the two point; mutations typically associated with MERRF but did show multiple deletions by Southern blot. This case further illustrates the heterogeneity observed with mtDNA mutations.
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