Atypical Strokes in a Young African American Male: A Case of Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome

Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is a rare but important cause of stroke-like symptoms which can often be missed Thambisetty and Newman 2004. We describe a case of a young male presenting with stroke-like episodes, later diagnosed wit...

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Autores principales: Sanchez, Jully M., Tan, Judy Ann, Farmakiotis, Dimitrios, Aggarwal, Vikas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21789268
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/140630

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21789268
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/140630

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