[Mitochondrial myopathies and encephalomyopathies. Neuromuscular and central nervous system diseases caused by defects in mitochondrial oxidative metabolism]. / Mitochondriale Myopathien und Enzephalomyopathien. Neuromuskuläre und zentralnervöse Erkrankungen infolge von Defekten des mitochondrialen oxydativen Stoffwechsels.

ABSTRACT

In this review the clinical data and biochemical findings of disorders of oxidative metabolism in the mitochondria are summarized. Defects in pyruvate metabolism, the citric acid circle, the respiratory chain and less well defined disorders of energy transfer are discussed.