We report on a m.586G > A mutation in a 14 yrs old boy with non-progressive muscle weakness, myalgia, normal brain MRI, normal schooling and absent central nervous system involvement. The same m.586G > A mutation has been previously reported in a 57 yrs-old woman with a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, akinesia-rigidity, abnormal movements, dementia, and psychiatric disorder. Those two strikingly different clinical presentations emphasize the impact of either mitochondrial factors (heteroplasmy, mitotic segregation) or hitherto unknown nuclear factors on the clinical expression of genetically homogeneous mtDNA mutations.
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