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Major depression in adolescent children consecutively diagnosed with mitochondrial disorder.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Apr 2009
Koene S, Kozicz T L, Rodenburg R J T, Verhaak C M, de Vries M C, Wortmann S, van de Heuvel L, Smeitink J A M, Morava E
Abstract excerpt
A higher incidence of major depression has been described in adults with a primary oxidative phosphorylation disease. Intriguingly however, not all patients carrying the same mutation develop symptoms of major depression, pointing out the significance of the interplay of genetic and non-genetic factors in the etiology. In a series of paediatric patients evaluated for mitochondrial dysfunction, out of 35 children...
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