title: Multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA in a patient with periodic attacks of paralysis.
abstract: In this study multiple deletions of mitochondrial genome were found in a patient presenting with periodic attacks of paralysis. Morphological studies revealed mitochondrial abnormalities along with typical histopathological features of periodic paralysis. Southern blot and PCR analysis revealed multiple mtDNA deletions. Our patient could be affected by two unrelated diseases, idiopathic periodic paralysis and presymptomatic mitochondrial myopathy. Alternatively, mtDNA alterations and oxidative deficiency might express themselves phenotypically as periodic paralytic attacks, although this correlation has never been reported.
authors.affiliation: Centro Dino Ferrari, Istituto di Clinica Neurologica, Università di Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prelle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moggio
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Checcarelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Comi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bresolin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Battistel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bordoni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scarlato
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D030401:Cytochrome-c Oxidase Deficiency; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017240:Mitochondrial Myopathies / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV