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Aortic distensibility alterations in adults with m.3243A>G MELAS gene mutation.
Swiss medical weekly - 21 Feb 2009
Nemes Attila, Geleijnse Marcel L, Sluiter Wim, Vydt Tom C G, Soliman Osama I I, van Dalen Bas M, Vletter Wim B, ten Cate Folkert J, Smeets Hubert J M, de Coo René F M
Abstract excerpt
PRINCIPLES: MELAS, or mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes is a new distinctive clinical entity. The current study was designed to assess ascending aortic elasticity in adult patients with MELAS syndrome and in gene carriers, and to compare the results with age- and gender-matched healthy controls. METHODS: The study comprised eight patients with MELAS syndrome and four...
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