Melas Syndrome
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Arrhythmias in MELAS syndrome
With interest we read the article by Thomas et al. about a 44 year old female with MELAS syndrome due to the m.3243ANG mutation, which manifested cardiologically as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and episodes of supraventricular tachycardia requiring atenolol [1]. We have the following comments and concerns. MELAS may be associated with sudden cardiac death [2]. Did the authors consider implantati...
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= Abstract =MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episode) is a rare and currently incompletely defined mitochondrial disease involving mainly muscle and brain. We have recently seen a 17-year-old male patient who, we believe, is the first Korean case. The patient showed the classical picture of MELAS: short stature, generalized limb weakness, ...
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MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke) syndrome was first described in 1984 by Pavlakis et al. [1] after reporting three cases of their own and identifying eight others in the literature. Although MELAS syndrome shares some similarities with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and MERRF (myoclonus epilepsy and ragged-red fibers) syndrome, they believe it to be a distinct ...
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TO THE EDITOR: MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) syndrome has not been reported previously in the Aboriginal Australian population. Here, we describe a patient with MELAS syndrome in this population. A 29-year-old Aboriginal Australian woman presented with a 3-day history of seizures and confusion and a background of cognitive impairment, s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1987
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-1-4-6