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A Case of MELAS Syndrome
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1993;36(3):394-402.   Published online March 15, 1993
MELAS syndrome is a rae but distinct clinical entity belonging to a group of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies characterized by the tetrad of mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopaphy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes. We experienced a case of MELAS syndrome in an 8 year-old boy who showed headache, pain of the eyeball, vomiting, stroke-like episodes such as visual disturbance and dysarthria, myoclonic seizure, confusion,...


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