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Neuromuscular 09

Topic: Anatomy

Created on Saturday, February 14 2009 by gliageek

Last modified on Thursday, February 19 2009.


Courtesy of Dr. Mark Cohen
Diseases characterized by these ultrastructural features on muscle biopsy may show all of the following, EXCEPT:

 
        A) CNS disease
 
        B) Duplications within regions of the mitochondrial genome
 
        C) Maternal inheritance
 
        D) Phenotypic variability within affected family members
 
        E) X-linked inheritance
 

 


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This question was created on February 14, 2009 by gliageek.
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A) CNS disease

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CNS pathology is common in mitochondrial diseases   (See References)

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B) Duplications within regions of the mitochondrial genome

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Duplications within regions of the mitochondrial genome are characteristic of Kearn-Sayre syndrome   (See References)

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C) Maternal inheritance

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Typical of mitochondrial diseases resulting from mitochondrially encoded proteins   (See References)

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D) Phenotypic variability within affected family members

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Cellular and tissue heterogeneity may result in widely varying phenotypes with a single mitochondrial mutation   (See References)

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E) X-linked inheritance

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Mitochondrial myopathy with X-linked inheritance has not been reported   (See References)

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References:

1. Graham, D.I., and Lantos, P.L. (2002). Greenfield's Neuropathology, 7th ed. Arnold Press, New York. (ISBN:0340742313) Advertising:
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Neuromuscular 09
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