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Learn about mitochondrial disease, genetic disease in which include a group of neuromuscular diseases that are caused by damage to the mitochondria Common mitochondrial myopathies include Kearns–Sayre syndrome, myoclonus epilepsy, and mitochondrial encephalomyopathy. Symptoms of mitochondrial disease include heart failure, exercise intolerance, dementia, muscle weakness, movement disorders, deafness, blindness, stroke-like episodes, and more. There is no specific treatment for mitochondrial disease.

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Terms related to Mitochondrial Disease:

  • Disease, Mitochondiral
  • Disorder, Mitochondrial
  • Mitochondrial Disorders
  • Mitochondrial Myopathies
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