Autism in the Son of a Woman with Mitochondrial Myopathy and Dysautonomia: A Case Report

Conclusion Given emerging evidence that mitochondrial dysfunction, particularly in the electron transport chain needed for cellular energy production, is an underlying pathophysiological mechanism for some varieties of ASD, clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for mitochondrial disease, especially when they encounter a patient with unusual neurological or constitutional symptoms. The prevalence of mitochondrial disease in ASD patients may be as high as five percent, which means that it is not the “zebra”[27] diagnosis that it might be in a non-ASD patient, where prevalence is about 0.01 percent.10 References 1. American Psychiatric Association. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press Inc.; 2001. 2. American Psychiatric Association. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press Inc.; 2013. 3. Tordjman S, Somogyi E, Coulon N, et al. Gene?×?Environment interactions in autism spectrum disorders: role of epigenetic mechanisms. Front Psychiatry. 2014;5:53. 4. Persico AM, Napolioni V. Autism genetics. Behav Brain Res. 2013;251:95-112. 5. Durdiaková J, Warrier V, Baron-cohen S, Chakrabarti B. Single nucleotide polymorphism rs6716901 in SLC25A12 gene is associated with Asperger syndrome. Mol Autism. 2014;5(1):25. 6. Abbott JA, Francklyn CS, Robey-bond SM. Transfer RNA and human disease. Front Genet. 2014;5...
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