Orofacial pain in a female patient with MELAS syndrome. A case report
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MELAS Syndrome (A Case Report)
= 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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عنوان ژورنال: Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2450-4637
DOI: 10.21164/pomjlifesci.409