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Visual memory failure presages conversion to MELAS phenotype.
Annals of clinical and translational neurology - 1 Jun 2022
Leaffer Emily B, De Vivo Darryl C, Engelstad Kristin, Fryer Robert H, Gu Yian, Shungu Dikoma C, Hirano Michio, DiMauro Salvatore, Hinton Veronica J
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the correlation between verbal and visual memory function and correlation with brain metabolites (lactate and N-Acetylaspartate, NAA) in individuals with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). METHODS: Memory performance and brain metabolites (ventricular lactate, occipital lactate, and occipital NAA) were examined in 18 MELAS, 58 m.3243A > G...
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