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MERRF

myoclonic epilepsy and ragged red muscle fibers

I cannot write a clinical gene summary for "MERRF" because MERRF (Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers) is a mitochondrial syndrome caused by mutations in various mitochondrial genes, most commonly MT-TK (mitochondrial tRNA lysine), rather than a single nuclear gene. To provide an accurate summary, I would need specific information about which mitochondrial gene causes MERRF that you're referring to, along with the protein function and inheritance data for that particular gene.

Some data sources returned errors (2)

ensembl: Error: Ensembl fetch failed: 400 for https://rest.ensembl.org/lookup/symbol/homo_sapiens/MERRF?content-type=application/json&expand=1

gnomad: Error: Gene not found

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MERRF · protein map & ClinVar variants

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