title: 'Cerebral palsy' due to mitochondrial cytopathy.
abstract: Two children aged 10 and 13 years with initially static motor problems, diagnosed as cerebral palsy, were found to have respiratory chain defects after developing a progressive course and multisystem involvement. Mitochondrial cytopathies should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cerebral palsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom. smordekar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mordekar
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Baxter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007625:Kearns-Sayre Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia / Q000209:etiology; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone