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Frequencies are difficult to estimate because the clinical presentation of these disorders is variable.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods.<\/jats:title>\n A total of 116 consecutive patients with undefined encephalopathies and myopathies were enrolled during a 7-year period in a hospital serving as the only neurologic unit for a pediatric population of 97\u2009609 and as the only tertiary level neurologic unit for a pediatric population of 48\u2009873. Biochemical and morphologic investigations were performed on muscle biopsy material, including oximetric and spectrophotometric analyses of oxidative phosphorylation, histochemistry, electron microscopy, and molecular analysis of mtDNA.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results.<\/jats:title>\n Ultrastructural changes in the mitochondria were the most common finding in the muscle biopsies (71%). Ragged-red fibers were found in 4 cases. An oxidative phosphorylation defect was found in 26 children (28%), complex I (n = 15) and complex IV (n = 13) defects being the most common. Fifteen percent of patients (n = 17\/116) with unexplained encephalomyopathy or myopathy had a probable mitochondrial disease. Common pathogenic mutations were found in the mtDNA of only 1 patient (.9%).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions.<\/jats:title>\n The common known mutations in mtDNA are rarely causes of childhood encephalomyopathies, which is in contrast to the considerable frequency of the common MELAS mutation observed among adults in the same geographical area. 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