posted on 2016-07-07, 05:00authored byC. Fiorillo, G. Astrea, M. Savarese, D. Cassandrini, G. Brisca, F. Trucco, M. Pedemonte, R. Trovato, L. Ruggiero, L. Vercelli, A. DâAmico, G. Tasca, M. Pane, M. Fanin, L. Bello, P. Broda, O. Musumeci, C. Rodolico, S. Messina, G. Vita, M. Sframeli, S. Gibertini, L. Morandi, M. Mora, L. Maggi, A. Petrucci, R. Massa, M. Grandis, A. Toscano, E. Pegoraro, E. Mercuri, E. Bertini, T. Mongini, L. Santoro, V. Nigro, C. Minetti, F. Santorelli, C. Bruno
Details of muscle biopsy from case 4, taken at 7Â years old. A NADH staining (40x) from a longitudinal section showing the extent of minicores along the fibres in the subsarcolemmal area and diffuse in the sarcoplasm. B Electron microscopy images (7000x) from the same biopsy, showed few normal sarcomeres with regular alignment near a sharply demarcated core areas with myofibrillar disorganization and sarcomeres disruption. (TIF 1388Â kb)