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Case Reports
. 1977 Mar;34(3):180-5.
doi: 10.1001/archneur.1977.00500150066013.

Familial poliodystrophy, mitochondrial myopathy, and lactate acidemia

Z H Hart, C H Chang, E V Perrin, J S Neerunjun, R Ayyar
Case Reports

Familial poliodystrophy, mitochondrial myopathy, and lactate acidemia

Z H Hart et al. Arch Neurol. 1977 Mar.

Abstract

We describe a 16-year-old boy who has a progressive dementia and seizures. On investigation, he was found to have a mitochondrial myopathy and elevated lactate levels in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid. His sister died at 18 years of age of a similar condition.

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