Myoclonus epilepsy and ragged-red fibres (MERRF). 1. A clinical, pathological, biochemical, magnetic resonance spectrographic and positron emission tomographic study

Brain : a Journal of Neurology
S F BerkovicD L Arnold

Abstract

Thirteen patients, including 6 from one family, with the syndrome of myoclonus epilepsy and ragged-red fibres (MERRF) were studied. There was considerable heterogeneity in the age of onset, severity and associated clinical features. Postmortem studies in 3 patients from the one family showed a particular system degeneration. In addition, the youngest and most severely affected family member showed the pathological changes of Leigh's syndrome. Cortical dysfunction is a prominent clinical feature in MERRF, but postmortem examination failed to reveal cortical abnormalities. Positron emission tomographic studies, however, showed decreased cortical metabolic rates for glucose and oxygen utilization, with normal cortical blood flow and cerebral pH. Analyses of kinetic rate constants for uptake and phosphorylation of the glucose analogue, fluorodeoxyglucose showed decreased hexokinase-mediated phosphorylation: normal K1 and k2 values but reduced k3. Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies suggested a normal cerebral intracellular pH. Biochemical studies on muscle homogenates in 6 patients showed partial deficiencies of the activities of certain mitochondrial enzymes in 4 cases, whereas in 2 patients no abnormality was found...Continue Reading

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