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Autism and Mitochondrial Disease
This week, a finding from November of 2007 hit the news, after being sealed by Federal Courts to protect the plaintiff’s identity. The US government has conceded one vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims. Of significant interest, the vaccine is thought to have triggered the onset of an underlying mitochondrial disease.
- Mar 6, 2008
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Looking normal
For six months we have been fighting with our insurance company in order to get our daughter Eva a wheelchair. She turns 4 in April, and all of a sudden we left the world of overgrown baby items and crossed over into the land of special needs and durable medical equipment. Eva has Leigh’s disease, a form of mitochondrial disease, that affects her muscles and neurologic system such that she cannot walk or talk. Sounds terrible, right?
- Feb 16, 2008
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