Mitochondrial diseases. Guide for doctors. Zakharova E.Yu., Mikhailova S.V., Nikolaeva E.A.

Mitochondrial diseases - a heterogeneous group of hereditary diseases in which the structure and functions of the respiratory chain of mitochondria are disrupted. Due to wide clinical polymorphism, double genetic control of the respiratory chain of mitochondria, this group of diseases causes many difficulties in clinical and laboratory diagnostics.

The book describes the main clinical manifestations, features of functional and laboratory diagnostics, medical and genetic counseling and Modern approaches to the therapy of this group of diseases. The authors summarized the literature data and greater experience of clinical and laboratory diagnostics of mitochondrial diseases.

The publication is intended for neurologists, geneticists, pediatricians, ophthalmologists, adjacent specialties-endocrinologists, cardiologists, super-legists and other specialists, and will also be useful to the orderlors , students of medical universities.