Mitochondrial genetics of mitochondrial diseases in Thailand.

Mitochondrial diseases are a heterogenous group of disorders with various biochemical defects in the oxidative phosphorylation system. They are included in the differential diagnosis of many cases of multisystem disease even though the neuromuscular and central nervous system are mainly involved. The complexity of the disease can make it difficult for the clinician to diagnose. The number of the patients suffered from Mitochondrial disease is expected to be increasingly found each year. We present here the mitochondrial diseases with their underlying molecular genetics in the mitochondrial DNA found in Thai patients.