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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2022

Diagnosis of adult-onset MELAS with suspected recurrent strokes: A case report.

Fei Yang, Shan Peng, Qiaojun Peng

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fei YangDepartment of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan 637000, P.R. China.
Shan PengDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation, The Second Clinical College of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong Central Hospital, Nanchong, Sichuan 637000, P.R. China.
Qiaojun PengDepartment of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan 637000, P.R. China.
Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College · CNNanchong Central Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA and is one of the most common syndromes among the mitochondrial diseases. Clinical manifestations typically occur before the age of 40 years. The present study reports a case of MELAS with a mutation in the adenine to guanine conversion at mitochondrial genome 3243 in a 48-year-old woman who was suspected of suffering from recurrent strokes. Finally, the genomic analysis confirmed the diagnosis of MELAS. This case highlights the importance of considering MELAS as a potential cause of recurrent stroke-like events if imaging findings are atypical for cerebral infarction, even among middle-aged patients with vascular risk factors.

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magnetic resonance imagingMELASrecurrent strokesstroke-like episodes

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PMCPMC9204559
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