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Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies: diagnostic approach.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Apr 2004
Dimauro Salvatore, Tay Stacey, Mancuso Michelangelo
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial diseases have extremely heterogeneous clinical presentations due to the ubiquitous nature of mitochondria and the dual genetic control of the respiratory chain. Thus, mitochondrial disorders can be multisystemic (mitochondrial encephalomyopathies) or confined to a single tissue, and they can be sporadic or transmitted by mendelian or maternal inheritance. Mendelian disorders are usually inherited as...
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