Diagnosis of mitochondrial myopathies.

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Mitochondria are ubiquitous organelles and play crucial roles in vital functions, most importantly, the oxidative phosphorylation and energy metabolism. Therefore, mitochondrial dysfunction can affect multiple tissues, with muscle and nerve preferentially affected. Mitochondrial myopathy is a common clinical phenotype, which is characterized by early fatigue and/or fixed muscle weakness; rhabdomyolysis can seldom...

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