Frequency and causes of seizures Seizures are common in mitochondrial disease, though a majority of patients do not have seizures. In one database of several hundred patients with mitochondrial cytopathies, about 40–50% have seizures.*...

Mitochondria are components of cells that are involved in metabolism and enzyme production. They are the energy factories of our cells. They also contain genetic material. Particular abnormalities in the mitochondrial genes are often...