Article
[Polymorphism of epilepsy associated with the A3243G mutation of mitochondrial DNA (MELAS): reasons for delayed diagnosis].
Revue neurologique - 1 Sept 2004
Durand-Dubief F, Ryvlin P, Mauguière F
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Mitochondrial disease is a potential diagnosis in patients with epilepsy beginning in childhood or adolescence with a typical polymorphic presentation and preponderant occipital lobe seizures. Diagnosis may however be delayed in some patients with long-standing disease, particularly when cardinal mitochondrial symptoms are missing; clinical manifestations may be dissociated over time leading to...
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