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Prevalence and progression of mitochondrial diseases: a study of 50 patients.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Dec 2003
Arpa Javier, Cruz-Martínez Antonio, Campos Yolanda, Gutiérrez-Molina Manuel, García-Rio Francisco, Pérez-Conde Concepción, Martín Miguel A, Rubio Juan C, Del Hoyo Pilar, Arpa-Fernández Ana, Arenas Joaquín
Abstract excerpt
We report 50 patients with various clinical phenotypes of mitochondrial disease studied over the past 10 years in a large urban area (Madrid Health Area 5). The clinical phenotypes showed a large variety of abnormalities in molecular biology and biochemistry. The prevalence of mitochondrial diseases was found to be 5.7 per 100,000 in the population over 14 years of age. Clinical and electrophysiological...
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