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Neurologist Dr Christina Liang, who is based at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital, encourages all general and primary care clinicians caring for patients with mitochondrial disease to follow the Australian Patient Care Standards published in 2021. These consensus-based recommendations build on previous international guidelines, with a particular emphasis on clinical management in the Australian setting.

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The following three cases illustrate the practicality of managing these patients in the primary care setting.