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Implications of exercise training in mtDNA defects--use it or lose it?
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 6 Dec 2004
Taivassalo Tanja, Haller Ronald G
Abstract excerpt
Whether regular exercise is beneficial or should be avoided is a question currently unsettled in patients with heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders of skeletal muscle. Deleterious effects of habitual physical inactivity superimposed upon impaired mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation may contribute to varying degrees of exercise intolerance in these patients. Endurance exercise training is widely...
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