"MERRF Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mitochondrial encephalomyopathy characterized clinically by a mixed seizure disorder, myoclonus, progressive ataxia, spasticity, and a mild myopathy. Dysarthria, optic atrophy, growth retardation, deafness, and dementia may also occur. This condition tends to present in childhood and to be transmitted via maternal lineage. Muscle biopsies reveal ragged-red fibers and respiratory chain enzymatic defects. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p986)
| Descriptor ID |
D017243
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.460.620.530 C10.228.140.163.100.545 C10.228.140.490.250.650.700 C10.668.491.500.500.550 C16.320.565.189.545 C18.452.132.100.545 C18.452.648.189.545 C18.452.660.560.620.530
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| Concept/Terms |
MERRF Syndrome- MERRF Syndrome
- Syndrome, MERRF
- Fukuhara Syndrome
- Syndrome, Fukuhara
- Myoencephalopathy Ragged-Red Fiber Disease
- Myoencephalopathy Ragged Red Fiber Disease
- Myoclonic Epilepsy Associated with Ragged-Red Fibers
- Myoclonic Epilepsy Associated with Ragged Red Fibers
- Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers
- Myoclonus with Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers
- Fukuhara Disease
- Myoclonic Epilepsy and Ragged Red Fibers
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "MERRF Syndrome".
- Diseases [C]
- Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
- Muscular Diseases [C05.651]
- Mitochondrial Myopathies [C05.651.460]
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies [C05.651.460.620]
- MERRF Syndrome [C05.651.460.620.530]
- Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
- Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic [C10.228.140.163]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C10.228.140.163.100]
- MERRF Syndrome [C10.228.140.163.100.545]
- Epilepsy [C10.228.140.490]
- Epilepsies, Myoclonic [C10.228.140.490.250]
- Myoclonic Epilepsies, Progressive [C10.228.140.490.250.650]
- MERRF Syndrome [C10.228.140.490.250.650.700]
- Neuromuscular Diseases [C10.668]
- Muscular Diseases [C10.668.491]
- Mitochondrial Myopathies [C10.668.491.500]
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies [C10.668.491.500.500]
- MERRF Syndrome [C10.668.491.500.500.550]
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C16.320.565]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C16.320.565.189]
- MERRF Syndrome [C16.320.565.189.545]
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
- Metabolic Diseases [C18.452]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic [C18.452.132]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C18.452.132.100]
- MERRF Syndrome [C18.452.132.100.545]
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C18.452.648]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C18.452.648.189]
- MERRF Syndrome [C18.452.648.189.545]
- Mitochondrial Diseases [C18.452.660]
- Mitochondrial Myopathies [C18.452.660.560]
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies [C18.452.660.560.620]
- MERRF Syndrome [C18.452.660.560.620.530]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "MERRF Syndrome".
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