Abstract：
:We report the case of a boy with myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) who had astatic seizures since 2 years of age and later developed ataxia, absence seizures, and myoclonus. Almost homoplasmic A8344G mutation of mitochondrial DNA (m.8344A>G mutation) was detected in lymphocytes. He developed late-onset Leigh syndrome (LS) when he contracted pneumonia at 6 years. He developed bulbar palsy and deep coma. MRI demonstrated lesions in the brainstem, basal ganglia, and cerebral cortex. Three similar cases have been reported; two carried the almost-homoplasmic m.8344A>G mutation in muscle tissue. These suggested that almost homoplastic m.8344A>G mutation developed clinical phenotype of MERRF in the early stage and late-onset Leigh syndrome in the late course of the disease.
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Brain Devjournal_title
Brain & developmentauthors
Monden Y,Mori M,Kuwajima M,Goto T,Yamagata T,Momoi MYdoi
10.1016/j.braindev.2012.08.006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-06-01 00:00:00pages
582-5issue
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0387-7604issn
1872-7131pii
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35pub_type
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更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
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