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MERRF

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MERRF
Myoclonus Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers Neurology A mitochondrial myopathy characterized by myoclonus, epilepsy and ataxia, maternal inheritance. See Ragged red fibers. Cf MELAS.
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MERRF, for example, begins in childhood and leads to epilepsy, muscle wasting, deafness and dementia.
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9) When evaluating patients with cerebral infarcts not consistent with vascular distribution, our differential should include other causes of strokes including MELAS, MERRF (mitochondrial encephalopathy ragged red fiber syndrome), Leigh syndrome, and other mitochondrial inborn error syndromes.
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org 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 National, informational, and Regional Conferences' MERRF SYNDROME See: Myoclonus; Mitochondrial Disorders METABOLIC DISORDERS See also: Acidemia, Organic; Galactosemia; Lactic Acidosis; Maple Syrup Urine Disease; Neurotransmitter Diseases, Pediatric; Niemann-Pick Disease; Phenylketonuria (PKU) Cobalamin (B12) Defiency Climb The Quadrangle Crewe Hall Climb Bldg.
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