Familial Spastic Paraparesis as a Mitochondrial Disorder

Abstract

A girl presenting at 6 years with familial spastic paraparesis and having deficiencies of respiratory chain enzyme complex I, III and IV is reported from the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL.

Keywords

• familial spastic paraparesis
• mitochondrial disorder
• cranial nerve deficits