Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) in the older adult

Pract Neurol. 2014 Dec;14(6):432-6. doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2014-000853. Epub 2014 May 14.

Authors

Sidra Aurangzeb¹, Thomas Vale¹, George Tofaris², Joanna Poulton³, Martin R Turner²

Affiliations

¹ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.
² Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 24828681
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2014-000853

No abstract available

Keywords: MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERS.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Age of Onset
Aged
Brain / pathology*
Female
Humans
MELAS Syndrome / complications
MELAS Syndrome / genetics
MELAS Syndrome / pathology*

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