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Mitochondrial Cytopathies and related disorders

How is it treated?

Energy production in mitochondria is an extremely complicated process and this may go wrong at several different sites. For most patients there is no cure, but supportive care to prevent complications is very important. Some patients respond to certain vitamins including Ubiquinone.

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Medical text written December 1996 by Professor D M Turnbull. Last updated June 2007 by Professor D M Turnbull, Professor of Neurology, Mitochondrial Research Group, School of Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

 

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