Disease Category: Genetic-mitochondrial
Genetic-mitochondrial: Genetic diseases in mitochondrial DNA
Introduction: Mitochondrial diseases are very rare. However, they are very interesting because they are genetic diseases, and yet are very different to all other types of genetic disease. Surprisingly, there is actually DNA in the body that is not on any of the 46 chromosomes. This "other DNA" was discovered a long time ago but has only recently been linked to disease. Currently, mitochondrial DNA is an extremely active area of research. See also article Mitochondrial disorders.
Disease group: Mitochondrial conditions
Condition count: 6
Class types: Genetic (132)
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