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Forearm P-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Studies in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Douglas W. Zochodne*
Affiliation:
Lasalle Building, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Queen’s University, Kingston
Wilma J. Koopman
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London
Norbert J. Witt
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London
Terry Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Victoria Hospital, London
Albert A. Driedger
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Victoria Hospital, London
Dennis Gravelle
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Victoria Hospital, London
Charles F. Bolton
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London
*
Lasalle Bldg., Room #206, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Five siblings with autosomal dominant oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) underwent P-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy studies of forearm flexor muscles. Mean values of PCr/(PCr + Pi) in the patients were reduced (p = 0.01) and pH elevated (p = 0.02) in resting muscle when compared to controls. During exercise PCr/(PCr + Pi) fell quickly to values less than controls (p < 0.0001) despite submaximal exercise output and developed exercise-induced acidosis which exceeded that of controls (p = 0.05). Acidosis recovered slowly despite relatively normal recovery of PCr/(PCr + Pi) following exercise. Within the patient group, however, one member had normal resting, exercise and recovery values. The studies suggest that OPMD is a more widespread disorder of striated muscle than clinically appreciated. The pattern of findings observed in OPMD differs from those identified in denervation, disuse and mitochondrial myopathy.

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