肌抽跃癫痫合并红色褴褛肌纤维症,简称MERRF症候群(Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers Syndrome),是一种罕见粒线体遗传疾病,在患病机率约是10万人中有1.5人,根据粒线体中的异质体表现程度不同,病情的严重程度也会不同。中文译名亦译作肌阵挛性癫痫发作伴破碎红纤维病变。
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MERRF syndrome 肌抽跃癫痫合并红色褴褛肌纤维症
MERRF syndrome (or Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers) is a mitochondrial disease. It is extremely rare, with an estimated prevalence of 1/400,000 in Northern Europe, and has varying degrees of expressivity owing to heteroplasmy.