Berio A, Piazzi A
Cattedra di Pediatria, Università di Genova, Italia.
Pediatr Med Chir. 1996 Jan-Feb;18(1):99-103.
A case of Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome (ataxia, cataracts, retarded somatic and mental maturation, spasticity) with myopathy, hyperlactacidaemia, hypopyruvicaemia, chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia was reported and relationships with the cerebellar ataxias of unknown aetiology discussed. In the personal case of Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome with hyperlactacidaemia and hypopyruvicaemia a defective oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria is supposed.