Mitochondrial Myopathy with DNA Deletions

Abstract

Deletions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are reported in 19 of 56 patients with mitochondrial myopathy examined in the Department of Neurology and Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Keywords

• mitochondrial myopathy
• external ophthalmoplegia
• kearns-sayre syndrome