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Heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA mutation in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Jan 2000
Chiang L M, Jong Y J, Huang S C, Tsai J L, Pang C Y, Lee H C, Wei Y H
Abstract excerpt
A 16-year-old female presented with clinical, morphologic and molecular features of mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). Her early development was normal. Starting from the age of 14 years, she experienced recurrent episodes of headaches, with vomiting, seizures, transient right hemiparesis and decreased visual acuity. Computed tomographic brain scans revealed...
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