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Primary Mitochondrial Disorders Overview

Patrick F Chinnery  1
Margaret P Adam, Jerry Feldman, Ghayda M Mirzaa, Roberta A Pagon, Stephanie E Wallace, Anne Amemiya
, editors.
In: GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993.
[updated ].
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Primary Mitochondrial Disorders Overview

Patrick F Chinnery.
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Excerpt

The purpose of this overview is to:

  1. 1

    Describe the clinical characteristics of primary mitochondrial disorders.

  2. 2

    Provide evaluation strategies to identify the genetic cause of a primary mitochondrial disorder in a proband.

  3. 3

    Identify patient care guidelines for primary mitochondrial disorders.

  4. 4

    Inform genetic counseling of family members of an individual with a primary mitochondrial disorder.

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