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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 12-12-2022
Symbol MMLA
Location 7q31.1
Name mitochondrial myopathy with lactic acidosis
Corresponding gene PNPLA8
Main clinical features
  • severe progressive proximal muscle weakness resulting in loss of ambulation
  • fine motor skills declined, speech became dysarthric, and hypotonicity progressed to spasticity
  • also complex partial seizures, lactic acidosis, and increased serum pyruvate
  • skeletal muscle biopsy showed abnormal mitochondria with disarray of cristae and dense globular osmiophilic inclusions on electron microscopy
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder multisystem/generalized
    Type disease
    Remark(s)