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A case of late-onset MELAS.
We describe a 60-year-old man with MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes) and discuss the mitochondrial DNA point mutation 3243. A diagnosis of MELAS should be considered in the appropriate clinical setting at any age.
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We read with interest the response by Finsterer and Zarrouk-Mahjoub [1] to our manuscript ‘Case Report: 5 Year Follow-up of Adult Late-Onset Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy with Lactic Acid and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS)’ [2–4]. We have the following responses: Regarding the doses of initial anti-epileptic medication (AEDs), since this was some time ago and at a different institution we do no...
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Letter to the Editor The interesting article by Sunde et al. about a 54 yo female with MELAS due to the m.3243ANG mutation with a blood heteroplasmyrate of 31% and manifesting with recurrent stroke-like episodes(SLEs), tonic-clonic seizures, migraine, hypothyroidism, short stature, fatigability, and hearing-loss [1] raises the following comments and concerns. For epilepsy the patient was initia...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.5.722