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Practice patterns of mitochondrial disease physicians in North America. Part 1: diagnostic and clinical challenges
Sumit Parikh1, Amy Goldstein2, Mary Kay Koenig3
1Center for Child Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Abstract:
Mitochondrial medicine is a young subspecialty. Clinicians have a limited evidence base on which to formulate clinical decisions regarding diagnosis, treatment and patient management. Mitochondrial medicine specialists have cobbled together an informal set of rules and paradigms for preventive care and management based in part on anecdotal experience. The Mitochondrial Medicine Society (MMS) assessed the current state of clinical practice from diagnosis, to preventive care and treatment, as provided by various mitochondrial disease specialists in North America. We hope that by obtaining this information we can begin moving towards formulating a set of consensus criteria and establishing standards of care.
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