Late-onset hereditary myopathy with abnormal mitochondria and progressive dementia
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 73 (5) , 502-506
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1986.tb04594.x
Abstract
A family with autosomal dominant late-onset progressive dementia and myopathy is described. Electron microscopy of muscle revealed abnormal mitochondria in the proband. Thus, the disease may be classified as a "mitochondrial encephalomyopathy". The cases are unique because dementia was a dominating feature and because the symptoms developed late in life. These cases may represent a new subgroup of the mitochondrial encephalomyopathies.Keywords
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