MELAS syndrome
Sign in to saveAlso known as mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes, MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY, ENCEPHALOPATHY, LACTIC ACIDOSIS, AND STROKE-LIKE EPISODES, Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes, Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes, MELAS, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke, MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY, ENCEPHALOPATHY, LACTIC ACIDOSIS, AND STROKE-LIKE EPISODES; MELAS
one of the family of mitochondrial cytopathies, which also include MERRF, and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
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Vinony's link graph records 99 inbound references to MELAS syndrome, and connects out to myotonia congenita, mitochondrial DNA and lactic acidosis.
Vinony files it under Genodermatoses, Mitochondrial diseases and Source attribution.
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Research
2,103 papers- MELAS syndrome: Clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, and treatment options.Molecular genetics and metabolism · 2015
- MELAS syndrome.The Western journal of medicine · 1995
- Diagnosis and Management of Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like Episodes Syndrome.Biomolecules · 2024
- MELAS syndrome and cardiomyopathy: linking mitochondrial function to heart failure pathogenesis.Heart failure reviews · 2016
- Molecular and neurological features of MELAS syndrome in paediatric patients: A case series and review of the literature.Molecular genetics & genomic medicine · 2022
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Wikidata facts
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- A computed tomography brain scan showing bilateral basal ganglia calcification.jpg
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- health specialty
- neurology
- Commons category
- MELAS syndrome
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:3687
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C84885
- ICD-9-CM
- 277.87
- prevalence
- 0.000163
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