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[Mitochondrial encephalomyelitis, lactic acidosis and cerebrovascular accidents (MELAS) in pediatric age with the A3243G mutation in the tRNALeu(UUR) gene of mitochondrial DNA].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Coelho-Miranda L, Playan A, Artuch R, Vilaseca M A, Colomer J, Briones P, Coll-Cantí J, Conill J, Sans A, López de Munain A, Solano A, Alcaine M J, Montoya J, Pineda M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate three patients with the mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and cerebrovascular accident syndrome (MELAS) diagnosed in childhood, with particular reference to the initial symptoms and clinical evolution during the first stage at a pediatric age, and to compare them with other studies on the subject. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two boys and a girl of 10, 11 and 13 years had tests on...
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