Medical term:
MERRF
MERRF
(mĕrf),Acronym for myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fiber myopathy. One of the mitochondrial disorders, this condition is caused by a point mutation of the mitochondria genome locus 8344, where transfer RNA is coded.
Synonym(s): myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fiber myopathy
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MERRF
Myoclonus Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers Neurology A mitochondrial myopathy characterized by myoclonus, epilepsy and ataxia, maternal inheritance. See Ragged red fibers. Cf MELAS.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
MERRF
(mĕrf)Acronym for myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fiber myopathy. One of the mitochondrial disorders, this condition is caused by a point mutation of the mitochondria genome locus 8344, where transfer RNA is coded.
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