A patient with typical clinical features of mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) but without an obvious genetic cause: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>There are currently 23 missense point mutations and one 4 basepair deletion spanning different mitochondrial genes associated with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). The spectrum of mito...

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Main Authors: Abu-Amero Khaled K, Al-Dhalaan Hesham, Bohlega Saeed, Hellani Ali, Taylor Robert W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/3/1/77