title: Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies.
abstract: Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies are neurodegenerative disorders characterized by ragged-red myopathy and encephalopathy, which are recognized with increasing frequency. This article presents the clinical features; pertinent historical, biochemical, and genetic aspects; evaluation; and treatment of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies of childhood and the adult years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Michigan.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy