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. 2023 Jul 10;13(30):20476–20485. doi: 10.1039/d3ra03313a

The most frequent clinical features of mitochondrial disease.

Neurological characteristics Central nervous system Stroke-like episodes, migraine, epilepsy, ataxia, dementia, Parkinsonism, developmental delay, psychiatric or mood disorder, developmental regression
Visual system Ptosis, progressive external ophthalmoplegia, optic atrophy, retinitis pigmentosa
Acoustic system Sensorineural hearing loss
Skeletal muscle Myopathy, exercise intolerance
Peripheral nervous system Peripheral neuropathy
Non-neurological characteristics Digestive system Gastrointestinal dysmotility; malabsorption, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, chronic villous atrophy
Kidney Fanconi syndrome, renal tubular acidosis, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, renal failure, adrenal insufficiency
Metabolic/endocrine apparatus Lactic acidosis, multiple lipomatosis, short stature, diabetes, hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism
Heart Cardiomyopathy, conduction defect
Hematopoietic system Sideroblastic anemia