Article
Mitochondrial disease and epilepsy.
Brain & development - 1 Sept 2013
Kang Hoon-Chul, Lee Young-Mock, Kim Heung Dong
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial diseases are a group of diseases caused by dysfunctional mitochondria, organelles that generate energy for the cell. Mitochondrial diseases are often caused by mutations, acquired, or inherited in the mitochondrial DNA or nuclear genes that code for respiratory chain complexes in the mitochondrion. Mitochondrial diseases involve multiple organs and show heterogeneous and unpredictable progression....
Topics
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Diet, Ketogenic
- Epilepsy
- Humans
- Mitochondria
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
- Mutation
