United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation strives to promote research and education for the diagnosis, treatment and cures of mitochondrial disorders and to provide support to affected individuals and families.
Diseases Supported
Alpers Syndrome •
Barth syndrome •
Carnitine Deficiency •
Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase 1 Deficiency •
Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase 2 Deficiency •
Carnitine-Acylcarnitine Translocase Deficiency •
Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia •
Glutaric Acidemia Type II •
Kearns-Sayre Syndrome •
Lactic Acidosis •
LCAD deficiency •
LCHAD deficiency •
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy •
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy with dystonia •
Leigh syndrome •
Maternally inherited Leigh syndrome •
Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency •
Mitochondrial complex I deficiency •
Mitochondrial complex II deficiency •
Mitochondrial complex III deficiency •
Mitochondrial complex IV deficiency •
Mitochondrial complex V deficiency •
Mitochondrial disorders •
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes •
Mitochondrial myopathy with lactic acidosis •
Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome •
Myoclonus with epilepsy with ragged red fibers •
SCHAD Deficiency •
Short chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency •
Trifunctional protein deficiency •
Very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency •
Infantile carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency •
Myopathic carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency •
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency, lethal neonatal •
Leigh syndrome due to mitochondrial complex II deficiency •
Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 2 •
Mitochondrial myopathy, lethal, infantile •
Carnitine uptake defect
What We Do
Support & Peer Matching
Referrals to Matching Individuals/Families Peer Support Peer-to-peer Counseling Referrals to Local Chapter or Group Patient Navigators Translation ServicesTherapy & Counseling
Professional Counseling Crisis Intervention Grief CounselingMedical Referrals
Medical Care Clinical or Treatment Centers Rehabilitation Services Respite Care Genetic Testing Genetic CounselingLegal Advice
Workplace Issues Malpractice Help with Adoption or PlacementFinancial Assistance
Medical Care Transportation Assistive devices Insurance Scholarships Home ModificationsResearch
Referrals to Research Studies Registry of affected individuals Blood and Tissue Sample StorageEducation & Training
Telephone Helpline E-mail List Training Speakers Bureau Advocacy TrainingOther
Pen pal Program Summer CampResources
Disease resources include educational and informational materials that can be tagged to appear on specific disease pages.
UMDF National Resource Guide
The UMDF Mitochondrial Resource Guide is available Online! It represents many hours of searching for the best information and resources to help you care for yourself and/or your family member affected by a mitochondrial disease.
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