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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
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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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Review
2018
Review
2018
Effects and Mechanisms of Taurine as a Therapeutic Agent
S. Schaffer
,
Ha Won Kim
Biomolecules & therapeutics
2018
Corpus ID: 4745770
Taurine is an abundant, β-amino acid with diverse cytoprotective activity. In some species, taurine is an essential nutrient but…
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Mitochondrial dynamics--mitochondrial fission and fusion in human diseases.
S. Archer
The New England journal of medicine
2013
Corpus ID: 2346449
Mitochondria fuse and divide in response to cell demands and environment. Alterations in mitochondrial dynamics underlie various…
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Customer Channel Migration
A. Ansari
,
Carl F. Mela
,
Scott A. Neslin
2008
Corpus ID: 51778471
Abstract The authors develop a model of customer channel migration and apply it to a retailer that markets over the Web and…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A subtype of diabetes mellitus associated with a mutation of mitochondrial DNA.
T. Kadowaki
,
H. Kadowaki
,
+7 authors
Y. Goto
The New England journal of medicine
1994
Corpus ID: 38354496
BACKGROUND Several families have been described in which a mutation of mitochondrial DNA, the substitution of guanine for adenine…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Identification of single specimens of the Anopheles gambiae complex by the polymerase chain reaction.
J. Scott
,
W. Brogdon
,
F. Collins
The American journal of tropical medicine and…
1993
Corpus ID: 22199853
A ribosomal DNA-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method has been developed for species identification of individuals of the five…
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Review
1992
Review
1992
MELAS: An original case and clinical criteria for diagnosis
M. Hirano
,
E. Ricci
,
M. Koenigsberger
,
R. Defendini
,
L. Rowland
Neuromuscular Disorders
1992
Corpus ID: 45634693
We describe the full history and postmortem findings in one of the first identified cases of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Introduction of disease-related mitochondrial DNA deletions into HeLa cells lacking mitochondrial DNA results in mitochondrial dysfunction.
J. Hayashi
,
S. Ohta
,
A. Kikuchi
,
M. Takemitsu
,
Y. Goto
,
I. Nonaka
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1991
Corpus ID: 21148714
Mutant mitochondrial DNA with large-scale deletions (delta-mtDNA) has been frequently observed in patients with chronic…
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A mutation in the tRNALeu(UUR) gene associated with the MELAS subgroup of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies
Y. Goto
,
I. Nonaka
,
S. Horai
Nature
1990
Corpus ID: 4254805
MITOCHONDRIAL encephalomyopathies are usually divided into three distinct clinical subgroups: (1) mitochondrial myopathy…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes: A distinctive clinical syndrome
S. Pavlakis
,
P. C. Phillips
,
S. Dimauro
,
D. D. de Vivo
,
L. Rowland
Annals of neurology
1984
Corpus ID: 41412358
We report on two patients who have a mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and recurrent cerebral insults that…
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Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The histogenesis and biologic behavior of primary human malignant melanomas of the skin.
W. Clark
,
L. From
,
E. A. Bernardino
,
M. C. Mihm
Cancer research
1969
Corpus ID: 9290222
Summary This paper describes the histogenesis of 3 forms of human malignant melanoma: superficial spreading melanoma, nodular…
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