Article
Mitochondrial cytopathies.
Current opinion in neurobiology - 1 Oct 1993
Schapira A H
Abstract excerpt
Defects of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and mutations of mitochondrial DNA have now been associated with a wide range of human diseases. The precise pathogenetic mechanisms by which these biochemical abnormalities induce tissue dysfunction are not understood. The identification of a mutati...
Topics
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Chronic Disease
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Epilepsies, Myoclonic
- Humans
- Kearns-Sayre Syndrome
- MELAS Syndrome
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
- Mutation
- Ophthalmoplegia