Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy mimicking anorexia nervosa

Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Apr;166(4):494-5. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08101525.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anorexia Nervosa / diagnosis*
  • Anorexia Nervosa / genetics*
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cachexia / diagnosis
  • Cachexia / genetics
  • Chromosome Aberrations*
  • Chromosome Deletion
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / genetics*
  • Gastrointestinal Motility / genetics
  • Genes, Recessive / genetics*
  • Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases / diagnosis
  • Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases / genetics
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / diagnosis*
  • Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / genetics*
  • Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External / diagnosis
  • Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External / genetics
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / genetics*
  • Phenotype
  • Thymidine Phosphorylase / genetics
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • DNA, Mitochondrial
  • Thymidine Phosphorylase