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Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies
P L Peterson1, M E Martens, C P Lee
1Department of Neurology, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Michigan.
Neurologic Clinics
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies are neurodegenerative disorders characterized by ragged-red myopathy and encephalopathy, which are recognized with increasing frequency. This article presents the clinical features; pertinent historical, biochemical, and genetic aspects; evaluation; and treatment of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies of childhood and the adult years.