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Adult-onset MELAS. Evidence for involvement of neurons as well as cerebral vasculature in strokelike episodes.
Stroke - 1 Aug 1996
Gilchrist J M, Sikirica M, Stopa E, Shanske S
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BACKGROUND: We report a 46-year-old woman with implications regarding pathogenesis of strokelike episodes in MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes). She had a 10-month history of episodic seizures, strokes, cognitive decline, vomiting, and ileus. She also had sensorineural hearing loss, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus of several years' duration, and persistent lactic...
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