TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Complex Disease/Deficiency (Overview) A1 - Bissonnette, Bruno A1 - Luginbuehl, Igor A1 - Marciniak, Bruno A1 - Dalens, Bernard J. Y1 - 2006 N1 - T2 - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications AB - The mitochondrial myopathies are a rare group of conditions affecting the respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation. A total of five protein complexes make up the mitochondrial electron transport chain. The clinical consequences of a deficiency in their normal physiology is associated with numerous syndromes as described in this section and presented in this book. Because of the complexity of this group of diseases, an overview is presented here, followed by a short description of the five individual deficiencies. Table C-2 lists the names of the associated medical disorders that are described as specific syndromes in this book. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/08 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58067140 ER -