United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
About United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) is a voluntary, non-profit organization dedicated to providing education and support to individuals diagnosed with, or suspected of having, mitochondrial diseases. Established in 1995, the UMDF is dedicated to promoting research for cures and treatments of mitochondrial disorders and to providing support to affected families. In addition, the foundation networks with research professionals and alerts affected individuals and family members to upcoming clinical studies and their required protocols. The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation provides educational and support materials to affected individuals, family members, and medical professionals through its computer database, directory, pamphlets, and regular newsletter.
Related Rare Diseases:
- Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency
- Primary Mitochondrial Myopathies
- Arginine: Glycine Amidinotransferase Deficiency
- Guanidinoacetate Methyltransferase Deficiency
- Creatine Transporter Deficiency
- Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes
- Maternally Inherited Leigh Syndrome and NARP Syndrome
- Cytochrome C Oxidase Deficiency
- Short Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Very Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (LCAD)
- MERRF Syndrome
- MELAS Syndrome
- Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy
- Pyruvate Carboxylase Deficiency
- Alpers Disease
- Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
- Leigh Syndrome
- Kearns Sayre Syndrome
- Deficiencia de L-arginina:glicina amidinotransferasa
- Deficiencia de guanidinoacetato metiltransferasa
- Deficiencia de acil-CoA deshidrogenasa de cadena muy larga (LCAD)