Speech-Language and swallowing manifestations and rehabilitation in an 11-year-old girl with MELAS syndrome

Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disease. The available studies on MELAS syndrome are limited to evaluation of radiological, audiological, genetic, and neurological findings. Among the various neurological mani...

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Autores principales: Vandana, V. P., Bindu, Parayil Sankaran, Sonam, Kothari, Taly, Arun B., Gayathri, N., Madhu, N., Sinha, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878740
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.154326
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Sumario:Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disease. The available studies on MELAS syndrome are limited to evaluation of radiological, audiological, genetic, and neurological findings. Among the various neurological manifestations, speech-language and swallowing manifestations are less discussed in the literature. This report describes the speech-language and swallowing function in an 11-year-old girl with MELAS syndrome. The intervention over a period of 6 months is discussed.

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