In this study multiple deletions of mitochondrial genome were found in a patient presenting,with periodic attacks of paralysis. Morphological studies revealed mitochondrial abnormalities along with typical histopathological features of periodic paralysis. Southern blot and PCR analysis revealed multiple mtDNA deletions. Our patient could be affected by two unrelated diseases, idiopathic periodic paralysis and presymptomatic mitochondrial myopathy. Alternatively, mtDNA alterations and oxidative deficiency might express themselves phenotypically as periodic paralytic attacks, although this correlation has never been reported.
Multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA in a patient with periodic attacks of paralysis / A. Prelle, M. Moggio, N. Checcarelli, G. Comi, N. Bresolin, A. Battistel, A. Bordoni, G. Scarlato. - In: JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0022-510X. - 117:1-2(1993), pp. 24-27. [10.1016/0022-510X(93)90149-S]
Multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA in a patient with periodic attacks of paralysis
G. Comi;N. Bresolin;G. ScarlatoUltimo
1993
Abstract
In this study multiple deletions of mitochondrial genome were found in a patient presenting,with periodic attacks of paralysis. Morphological studies revealed mitochondrial abnormalities along with typical histopathological features of periodic paralysis. Southern blot and PCR analysis revealed multiple mtDNA deletions. Our patient could be affected by two unrelated diseases, idiopathic periodic paralysis and presymptomatic mitochondrial myopathy. Alternatively, mtDNA alterations and oxidative deficiency might express themselves phenotypically as periodic paralytic attacks, although this correlation has never been reported.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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