To the Editor: With interest, we read the article by Su et al[1] about the antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment of 17 patients with genetically confirmed myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) syndrome. It wa...
We report a 51-year-old alcoholic man with a 10-year history of cervical lipomas and progressive symmetrical sensory neuropathy, initially diagnosed with Madelung’s disease, an idiopathic syndrome often attributed to...
Background: The mitochondrial DNA gene encoding subunit 5 of complex I (ND5) has turned out to be a hot spot for mutations associated with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes (...