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

Jully M. Sanchez | Zendy; Judy Ann Tan | Zendy; Dimitrios Farmakiotis | Zendy; Vikas Aggarwal | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Jully M. Sanchez,

Judy Ann Tan,

Dimitrios Farmakiotis,

Vikas Aggarwal

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

stroke research and treatment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.939

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 2090-8105

pISSN - 2042-0056

DOI - 10.4061/2011/140630

Subject(s) - lactic acidosis , medicine , mitochondrial myopathy , melas syndrome , encephalopathy , context (archaeology) , stroke (engine) , acidosis , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , mitochondrial dna , genetics , biology , mechanical engineering , paleontology , engineering , gene

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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