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
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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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author Sanchez, Jully M.
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Farmakiotis, Dimitrios
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description 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 with MELAS in an attempt to improve the understanding about diagnosing MELAS in the appropriate clinical context.
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spelling pubmed-31400362011-07-25 Atypical Strokes in a Young African American Male: A Case of Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome Sanchez, Jully M. Tan, Judy Ann Farmakiotis, Dimitrios Aggarwal, Vikas Stroke Res Treat Case Report 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 with MELAS in an attempt to improve the understanding about diagnosing MELAS in the appropriate clinical context. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3140036/ /pubmed/21789268 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/140630 Text en Copyright © 2011 Jully M. Sanchez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Sanchez, Jully M.
Tan, Judy Ann
Farmakiotis, Dimitrios
Aggarwal, Vikas
Atypical Strokes in a Young African American Male: A Case of Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome
title Atypical Strokes in a Young African American Male: A Case of Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome
title_full Atypical Strokes in a Young African American Male: A Case of Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome
title_fullStr Atypical Strokes in a Young African American Male: A Case of Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Atypical Strokes in a Young African American Male: A Case of Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome
title_short Atypical Strokes in a Young African American Male: A Case of Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome
title_sort atypical strokes in a young african american male: a case of mitochondrial encephalopathy lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (melas) syndrome
topic Case Report
url 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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