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NEUROPEDIATRICS
卷 39, 期 1, 页码 8-13出版社
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076737
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epilepsy; EEG; mitochondrial disorders; children; muscle disease
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between epilepsy and respiratory chain defects in children with mitochondrial encephalopathies (ME). Study Design: We conducted a retrospective review of the medical records of children referred for evaluation of an ME. Only patients assigned a definite diagnosis of ME using modified Walker criteria and with a respiratory chain defect were included. Clinical data pertaining to the ME and epilepsy type were collected. Mitochondria were isolated by subcellular fractionation from a vastus lateralis muscle biopsy and studies were performed using polarographic and spectroscopic techniques for the quantitative determination of NADH and cytochrome components of the respiratory chain. Results: A total of 38 children with ME were identified. Seizures were present in 61%. Sixteen of 23 children with epilepsy (70%) had refractory epilepsy associated with a progressive encephalopathy. Children with epilepsy had a significantly higher incidence of complex I defects than children without epilepsy (p<0.01). Complex III and IV defects were significantly higher in patients without epilepsy (p<0.01 and p<0.05, respectively) than in those with epilepsy. Conclusions: Epilepsy is an important component of ME. The higher incidence of complex I defects in patients with epilepsy suggests a possible relationship between mitochondrial oxidative stress dysfunction and epileptogenic process.
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