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Epileptic Seizures in a Patient with Mitochondrial Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Laetic Acidosis and Strokelike Episodes (MELAS)
Author(s) -
Hori Ariyuki,
Yoshioka Akira,
Kataoka Satoshi,
Furui Kei,
Tsukada Katsuyuki,
Kosoegawa Hiroshi,
Hirose Genjiro
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1989.tb02972.x
Subject(s) - neurology , encephalopathy , epilepsy , psychology , pediatrics , medicine , psychiatry
This study reports a case of MELAS with epileptic seizure, and reviews the characteristics of seizures in patients with this syndrome. They are characterized by: (1) generalized and/or partial seizures, (2) frequent association with visual symptoms and hemiparesis, and (3) posteriorly predominant EEG abnormalities.