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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Brain Diseases, Metabolic > Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Brain Diseases, Metabolic > Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Mitochondrial Myopathies > Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Mitochondrial Myopathies > Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Mitochondrial Diseases > Mitochondrial Myopathies > Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies

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Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies  

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  • Encephalomyopathies, Mitochondrial

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  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific dysfunction if pertinent

Scope note

  • A heterogenous group of disorders characterized by alterations of mitochondrial metabolism that result in muscle and nervous system dysfunction. These are often multisystemic and vary considerably in age at onset (usually in the first or second decade of life), distribution of affected muscles, severity, and course. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp984-5)

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  • 1993

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017237

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