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MELAS Syndrome

Known as: Syndrome, MELAS, Mitochondrial Myopathy, Lactic Acidosis, Stroke-Like Episode, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-Like Episodes 
A mitochondrial disorder characterized by focal or generalized seizures, episodes of transient or persistent neurologic dysfunction resembling… 
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MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY AND SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA

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2004
2004
Clinical improvement after administration of coenzyme Q10 in a patient with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy
SummaryIn a patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes [MELAS] who had normal… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Timing incorporation of different green manure crops to minimize the risk of nitrogen leaching
Seven field trials at four research sites were carried out to study the effect of incorporation time of different plant materials… 
1996
1996
Accumulation of somatic nucleotide substitutions in mitochondrial DNA associated with the 3243 A-to-G tRNA(leu)(UUR) mutation in encephalomyopathy and cardiomyopathy.
To understand the pathogenesis of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy and cardiomyopathy, we analyzed the sequence heterogeneity of… 
1995
1995
Superoxide dismutases of muscle in mitochondrial encephalomyopathies
Lmmunohistochemical analyses were made of the superoxide dismutases (Mn‐SOD and CuiZn‐SOD) in biopsied muscles from 7 patients… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Homogentisic acid is the product of MelA, which mediates melanogenesis in the marine bacterium Shewanella colwelliana D
Shewanella colwelliana D is a marine procaryote which produces a diffusible brown pigment that correlates with melA gene… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Extreme variability of clinical symptoms among sibs in a MELAS family correlated with heteroplasmy for the mitochondrial A3243G mutation
1994
1994
Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in disease: a possible contributor to respiratory dysfunction.
Intergenomic variation in the human mitochondrial genome was examined in 27 mtDNA sequences using a pairwise analysis technique… 
1993
1993
Content of mutant mitochondrial DNA and organ dysfunction in a patient with a MELAS subgroup of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies
1991
1991
Mitochondrial leucine tRNA mutation in a mitochondrial encephalomyopathy
Review
1964
Review
1964
Congenital Defects among Children Born to Women under Supervision or Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
The results of a survey published by McDonald (1961) suggest that children born to women with pulmonary tuberculosis may show an… 
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