The second way you can define inflation is the rate at which money loses its value. If you think about it, prices going up and the value of one dollar going down are really the same thing.
1 There is no reliable and consistent means of diagnosis. 2  Diagnosis can be made by one of the few physicians who specialize in mitochondrial disease. 3  Diagnosis can be made by blood DNA testing and/or muscle biopsy but neither of these tests is completely reliable.
The types of mitochondrial disease inheritance include: 1  DNA (DNA contained in the nucleus of the cell) inheritance. 2  Also called autosomal inheritance. 3  If this gene trait is recessive (one gene from each parent), often no other family members appear to be affected. Mitochondrial disease is a chronic, genetic disorder that occurs when the mitochondria of the cell fail to produce enough energy for cell or organ function. 2  The incidence is about 1:4000 individuals in the US. 3  This is similar to the incidence of cystic fibrosis of caucasian births in the U.S.