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. 1989 Sep;52(9):1090-4.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.52.9.1090.

Screening for mitochondrial cytopathies: the sub-anaerobic threshold exercise test (SATET)

L Nashef  1 , R J Lane
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Screening for mitochondrial cytopathies: the sub-anaerobic threshold exercise test (SATET)

L Nashef et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1989 Sep.

Abstract

A simple test is described for identifying patients with abnormalities of muscle energy metabolism secondary to mitochondrial dysfunction, based on the venous lactate response to exercise at 90% of predicted work rate at the anaerobic threshold. The test was standardised for age, weight and sex of subjects, and was abnormal in all cases of mitochondrial cytopathy tested, with a false positive rate of 7% in a control population. The test was abnormal in two cases of mitochondrial disease in which muscle biopsy was normal or showed only non-specific changes.

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