Overlapping Leigh Syndrome/Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged Red Fibres in an Adolescent Patient With a Mitochondrial DNA A8344G Mutation

Overlapping Leigh Syndrome/Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged Red Fibres in an Adolescent Patient With a Mitochondrial DNA A8344G Mutation

We present the case of a 16-year-old boy with a family history of epilepsy who presented with acute respiratory failure, limb weakness, diabetes mellitus, sinus tachycardia, lactic acidosis, and pneumonia. He went on to develop cranial nerve palsy, myoclonus, generalized seizures, ataxia, recurrent...

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Main Authors: Cunzhou Shen, Wenbiao Xian, Hongyan Zhou, Xunhua Li, Xiuling Liang, Ling Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Leigh syndrome
MERRF
mitochondrial DNA
A8344G mutation
mitochondrial disease
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00724/full

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