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Frequency of MELAS main mutation in a phenotype-targeted young ischemic stroke patient population.
Journal of neurology - 1 Feb 2016
Tatlisumak Turgut, Putaala Jukka, Innilä Markus, Enzinger Christian, Metso Tiina M, Curtze Sami, von Sarnowski Bettina, Amaral-Silva Alexandre, Jungehulsing Gerhard Jan, Tanislav Christian, Thijs Vincent, Rolfs Arndt, Norrving Bo, Fazekas Franz, Suomalainen Anu, Kolodny Edwin H
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial diseases, predominantly mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), may occasionally underlie or coincide with ischemic stroke (IS) in young and middle-aged individuals. We searched for undiagnosed patients with MELAS in a target subpopulation of unselected young IS patients enrolled in the Stroke in Young Fabry Patients study (sifap1). Among the 3291 IS...
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