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Diseases [C] » Nervous System Diseases [C10] » Central Nervous System Diseases » Brain Diseases » Epilepsy » Epileptic Syndromes » Epilepsies, Myoclonic » Myoclonic Epilepsies, Progressive » MERRF Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Nervous System Diseases [C10] » Central Nervous System Diseases » Brain Diseases » Epilepsy » Epilepsy, Generalized » Epilepsies, Myoclonic » Myoclonic Epilepsies, Progressive » MERRF Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05] » Muscular Diseases » Mitochondrial Myopathies » Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies » MERRF Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Nervous System Diseases [C10] » Central Nervous System Diseases » Brain Diseases » Brain Diseases, Metabolic » Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn » MERRF Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16] » Genetic Diseases, Inborn » Metabolism, Inborn Errors » Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn » MERRF Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18] » Metabolic Diseases » Brain Diseases, Metabolic » Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn » MERRF Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18] » Metabolic Diseases » Metabolism, Inborn Errors » Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn » MERRF Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18] » Metabolic Diseases » Mitochondrial Diseases » Mitochondrial Myopathies » Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies » MERRF Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Nervous System Diseases [C10] » Neuromuscular Diseases » Muscular Diseases » Mitochondrial Myopathies » Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies » MERRF Syndrome
Description
A mitochondrial encephalomyopathy characterized clinically by a mixed seizure disorder, myoclonus, progressive ataxia, spasticity, and a mild myopathy. Dysarthria, optic atrophy, growth retardation, deafness, and dementia may also occur. This condition tends to present in childhood and to be transmitted via maternal lineage. Muscle biopsies reveal ragged-red fibers and respiratory chain enzymatic defects. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p986) MeSH
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