Epilepsy in mitochondrial diseases. Clinical lecture

Abstract

Mitochondrial dysfunction mainly affects organs with high metabolic demand, primarily the brain. Epilepsy is a common phenotypic sign of both syndromic and non-syndromic mitochondrial diseases. Epilepsy in mitochondrial diseases is poorly treatable and is often an unfavorable prognostic sign. Patients with mitochondrial epilepsy are prescribed various anti-seizure medications. Mitochondriotoxic drugs should be avoided. Descriptions of MELAS-syndrome, MERRF-syndrome, Leigh-syndrome, NARP-syndrome are given.

Keywords

• epilepsy
• seizure
• mitochondria
• melas
• merrf
• leigh
• narp