Erratum: A Case of Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome with Intracardiac Thrombus
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In this article, on page 204, the title has been spelled incorrectly: " MEALS " should have appeared as " MELAS ". The title should be corrected as the following: from " A Case of Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like Epicodes (MEALS) Syndrome with Intracardiac Thrombus " to " A Case of Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like Epicodes (MELAS) Syndrome with Intracardiac Thrombus " We apologize for the error and regret any confusion or inconvenience it may have caused.
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