Mitochondrial hepatopathy in adults: a case series and review of the literature.

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AIM: Mitochondrial diseases affect about 1/5000-1/10000 in the population. Twenty percent of patients with mitochondrial disease show liver involvement. In contrast to current belief among most internists, these diseases do not only present in childhood. METHODS: We present four cases of adults (three with Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome and one with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy), diagnosed...

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