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SUBMITTER: Pan X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657224 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pan Xiaoli X Wang Lijun L Fei Guoqiang G Dong Jihong J Zhong Chunjiu C Lu Jiahong J Jin Lirong L
Frontiers in neurology 20190718
Isolated mitochondrial myopathy refers to the condition of mitochondrial disorders that primarily affect the skeletal muscle system. Here we report on a case of a patient who presented with acute respiratory failure as the initial and predominant clinical manifestation after using anesthetic drugs. The diagnosis of mitochondrial myopathy was made by histochemical findings of ragged red fibers with a modified Gomori trichrome Stain in the skeletal muscle biopsy and the genetic detection of an A32 ...[more]