Article
Multisystem manifestations of mitochondrial disorders.
Journal of neurology - 1 May 2009
Di Donato Stefano
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria are cytoplasmic organelles in eukaryotic cells that accomplish several distinct vital functions, including oxidative phosphorylation, metabolic anaplerotic and degradative pathways, and integration of signaling for apoptosis. Impaired oxidative phosphorylation, the common final pathway of mitochondrial metabolism, results in a variety of clinical manifestations, and the term mitochondrial disorders...
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