243rd ENMC international workshop: Developing guidelines for management of reproductive options for families with maternally inherited mtDNA disease

The 243rd ENMC workshop met in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in March 2019 to discuss current perspectives and knowledge in reproductive options in patients with mtDNA-related mitochondrial disease. The 29 participants came from The Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Australia, USA and Brazil, and was multi-disciplinary, including patients, clinicians, basic scientists, ethicists, a sociologist, and representatives of industry and patient organizations (including the Lily Foundation, the Dutch Muscular Disease Association, International Mito Patients (IMP) and the LHON group of the Dutch Eye Association).