Myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia: A rare disorder of the bone marrow and skeletal muscles which manifests as muscle disease and anemia. Progressive intolerance to exercise usually starts during childhood with anemia occurring around adolescence. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia is available below.
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Myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia, or a subtype of Myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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