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The absence of mitochondrial DNA mutations known to be associated with disease does not mean it's not a mitochondrial disease (in the sense that mitochondria ar
by nihy 9y ago
The absence of mitochondrial DNA mutations known to be associated with disease does not mean it's not a mitochondrial disease (in the sense that mitochondria are abnormal in some way and relevant to the disease).
Simply put, it's not a genetic mitochondrial disease.
There is a fair amount of evidence that mitochondrial function is abnormal in CFS.
See for example this study http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/08/24/1607571113.long http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/08/24/1607571113.long
- tudorw 9y agoThanks, I did not intend to indicate it was not a mitochondrial disease or related to mitochondrial function, just that it's not the 'final solution' other posters seem to have implied. It would seem likely that from further research that CFS will be subdivided into smaller groups, with some having clinical tests and causes that have been established, others still eluding a resolution.