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LCAD Long Name: Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrongenase Deficiency Symptoms: Usually causes a fatal syndrome, in infants, typified by failure to...

LCHAD Symptoms: Encephalopathy, liver dysfunction, cardiomyopathy, and myopathy. Also pigmentary retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy. Cause:...

LHON Live Monthly Online Meetings Each month, members of the LHON community gather online for LHON Live. During each session, patients interact...

What is Leigh syndrome? Leigh syndrome (or Leigh’s disease) is a mitochondrial disorder, sometimes called subacute necrotizing...

Luft Disease Symptoms: Hypermetabolism, with fever, heat intolerance, profuse perspiration, polyphagia, polydipsia, ragged-red fibers, and...

MAD / Glutaric Aciduria Type II Long Name: Multiple Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency Cause: Defects of the flavoproteins responsible for...

MCAD Long Name: Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrongenase Deficiency Symptoms: Afflicts infants or young children with episodes of encephalopathy,...

MERRF Long Name: Myoclonic Epilepsy and Ragged-Red Fiber Disease Symptoms: Myoclonus, epilepsy, progressive ataxia, muscle weakness and...

Our MELAS Story “Our MELAS Story” is a video series designed to showcase the burden of living with MELAS, with hopes of helping the...

What is MEPAN? Mitochondrial Enoyl CoA Reductase Protein-Associated Neurodegeneration (MEPAN) is a rare mitochondrial disease that affects the...