Feeding difficulties, a key feature of the Drosophila NDUFS4 mitochondrial disease model

• Main Authors: Sarah Foriel (Author), Julien Beyrath (Author), Ilse Eidhof (Author), Richard J. Rodenburg (Author), Annette Schenck (Author), Jan A. M. Smeitink (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mitochondrial diseases are associated with a wide variety of clinical symptoms and variable degrees of severity. Patients with such diseases generally have a poor prognosis and often an early fatal disease outcome. With an incidence of 1 in 5000 live births and no curative treatments available, rele...