title: Tachyduodenia in mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy.
abstract: In a 38-year-old male patient diagnosed with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy an abnormally high duodenal contraction frequency of 20 per minute was found to be present. It is speculated that this tachyduodenia is caused by a metabolic effect on Cajal cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. rch.scheffer@telfort.nl
authors.forename: R C H
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Scheffer
authors.forename: A J P M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Smout
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004386:Duodenum / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D017237:Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*