MERRF syndrome

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MERRF syndrome
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ICD-10 G31.8
ICD-9 277.87
OMIM 545000
DiseasesDB 30794
MeSH C05.651.460.620.530

MERRF syndrome (or Myoclonus with Epilepsy and with Ragged Red Fibers) is a mitochondrial disease involving the following characteristics:

  • progressive myoclonic epilepsy
  • clumps of diseased mitochondria accumulate in the subsarcolemmal region of the muscle fiber and appear as "ragged-red fibers" when muscle is stained with modified Gomori trichrome stain
  • short stature

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