NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOPATHIES (NAMITO STUDY)
Aubry, E.; Aeberhard, C.; Bally, L.; Mühlebach, S.; Stanga, Z. · Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin · 2017 · Heft 3 · S. 1 bis 1
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Introduction: Patients suffering mitochondrial cytopathy are at high risk for malnutrition. Malnutrition worsen the course of patients with mitochondrial cytopathy. This population suffer often from gastrointestinal symptoms (e.g. dysphagia, intestinal dysmotility, gastroparesis), which considerably influences nutritional intake and therefore deteriorate nutritional state [1 The literature in this regard is very sparse.] Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the nutritional risk, to investigate the nutritional status and the quality of life (QoL) of this population [2]. Methods: Prospective observationa…