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Results 1 - 4 of 4 for Mitochondrial diseases
  1. ... and muscles). Although the health consequences of inherited mitochondrial DNA alterations vary widely, frequently observed features include muscle weakness and wasting, problems with movement, diabetes, kidney failure, heart disease, loss of intellectual functions (dementia), hearing loss, and ...
  2. ... DNA affect health and development? Can changes in mitochondrial DNA affect health and development? What are complex or multifactorial disorders? What does it mean to have a genetic predisposition to a disease? How are gene variants involved in evolution? What ...
  3. ... of the disorder in their family. Huntington's disease , Marfan syndrome Autosomal recessive In autosomal recessive inheritance , ... of an affected family. cystic fibrosis , sickle cell disease X-linked dominant X-linked dominant disorders are ...
  4. ... those chances. In addition, some people with a disease-causing variant never develop any health problems or ... only mild symptoms of the disorder. If a disease that runs in a family does not have ...