Abstract

Mitochondrial maintenance disorders present as a spectrum ranging from severe infantile multisystemic syndrome to childhood or adult tissue-specific diseases. Hallmark is the variable association of qualitative (point mutations, multiple deletions) or quantitative (copy number reduction) molecular genetic defect of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), biochemical dysfunction with multiple OXPHOS defects and morphological alterations of the mitochondrial network.

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