Article
Disorders of mitochondrial function.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Aug 2008
Debray François-Guillaume, Lambert Marie, Mitchell Grant A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Mitochondrial diseases are a major category of childhood illness that produce a wide variety of symptoms and multisystemic disorders. This review highlights recent clinically important developments in diagnostic evaluation and treatment of mitochondrial diseases. RECENT FINDINGS: Major advances have been made in understanding the genetic bases of mitochondrial diseases. Molecular defects have...
Topics
- Child
- Citric Acid Cycle
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Lactic Acid
- Mitochondria
- Mitochondrial Diseases
- Mutation
- Prognosis
