Mitochondrial abnormalities are associated with which of the following conditions?
AKrabbe's disease
BFabry disease
CLeigh syndrome
DFanconi syndrome
A muscle biopsy shows 'moth-eaten' fibers. Which histochemical finding would confirm mitochondrial myopathy?
ARagged red fibers on MGT
BType 1 fiber predominance
CRimmed vacuoles
DNemaline rods
Mark the false statement regarding mitochondrial DNA:
AAGA and AGG are stop codons in mitochondrial DNA
BKearns-Sayre Syndrome is a large deletion in mitochondrial DNA
CDoes not show heteroplasmy
D1% of cellular DNA, 13 proteins of respiratory chain
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