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KMID : 0374919960170020265
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Inje Medical Journal
1996 Volume.17 No. 2 p.265 ~ p.272
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A Case of MELAS Syndrome
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Abstract
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mitochondrial diseases include three distinct syndrome : mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes(MELAS) : myoclonus epilepsyassociated ragged-red fibers (MERRF) : and chronic progressive external
ophthalmoplegia(CPEO). MELAS syndrome is rare but clinicopathologically distinctive mitochondrial disorder. We have recently seen a 10-year-old male patients who showed limb weakness, lactic acidemia and recurrent strokes with subsequent
hemiparesis. We
now report a case of MELAS syndrome confirmed by demonstrating abnormal mitochondria in muscle biopsy.
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