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.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Brain / pathology*
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Cerebral Palsy / diagnosis*
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Cerebral Palsy / etiology
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Endophthalmitis / etiology
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Female
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Growth Hormone / deficiency
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Humans
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Infant
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Kearns-Sayre Syndrome / complications
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Kearns-Sayre Syndrome / diagnosis*
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Muscle Hypotonia / etiology
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Muscles / pathology