Carey M P, Poulton K, Hawkins C, Murphy R P
Department of Pathology, Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Smethwick, UK.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1987 Aug;50(8):1060-2. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.50.8.1060.
A case of carnitine palmitoyl transferase deficiency presenting in a 72 year old woman with the clinical picture of ophthalmoplegia plus other muscle weakness is reported. Histological and ultrastructural examination showed the features of a mitochondrial myopathy.