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MELAS syndrome associated with both A3243G-tRNALeu mutation and multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2010
Aharoni Sharon, Traves Teres A, Melamed Eldad, Cohen Sarit, Silver Esther Leshinsky
Abstract excerpt
The syndrome of mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episode (MELAS) is characterized clinically by recurrent focal neurological deficits, epilepsy, and short stature. The phenotypic spectrum is extremely diverse, with multisystemic organ involvement leading to isolated diabetes, deafness, renal tubulopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and retinitis pigmentosa. In 80% of cases, the...
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