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Dysmaturation Neuromyopathy: Correlation with Minimal Neuropathy in Sural Nerve Biopsies

Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Brain Research Institute and Mental Retardation Research Center, UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA

Yung-Hua Gao, MD

Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Brain Research Institute and Mental Retardation Research Center, UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA

Dysmaturation (neuro)myopathy without specific histochemical or cytoarchitectural characteristics accounts for many cases of hypotonia in infancy. We obtained a maturation profile for type I and type II fibers from birth to 6 years of age, from which a classification of fiber dysmaturation based on fiber-type hypotrophy and coefficient of fiber variation is presented. We analyzed the morphometric, ultrastructural, and single fiber teasing findings in the sural nerve of ten infants with hypotonia and dysmaturation myopathy based on the above classification. Data on endoneurial area, myelinated fiber density, proportion of large (> 6 µm) myelinated fibers, unmyelinated fiber density, regression analyses of myelin area:axon area, and mean myelin thickness were developed. Abnormalities in large myelinated fiber density (3 cases), disturbances in myelination index (5), and single fiber teasing abnormalities in internode length (1) were found. Ultrastructural abnormalities were observed and classified as group 0 changes similar to the five control nerves; group 1, in which rare fibers showed degeneration or basement membrane duplication; and group 2, which was characterized by multiple abnormalities including degenerate nuclei, amyelinate fibers, degeneration/regeneration, excessive basal lamina reduplication, and hypomyelination. This study provides evidence that minimal neuropathic abnormalities are present in the sural nerve of infants carrying a diagnosis of dysmaturation neuromyopathy. (J Child Neurol 1988;3:276-291).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 3, No. 4, 276-291 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/088307388800300409


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