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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… Expand
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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
Taurine is an abundant, β-amino acid with diverse cytoprotective activity. In some species, taurine is an essential nutrient but… Expand
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Mitochondrial dynamics--mitochondrial fission and fusion in human diseases.
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  • 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… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Customer Channel Migration
Abstract The authors develop a model of customer channel migration and apply it to a retailer that markets over the Web and… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A subtype of diabetes mellitus associated with a mutation of mitochondrial DNA.
BACKGROUND Several families have been described in which a mutation of mitochondrial DNA, the substitution of guanine for adenine… Expand
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Identification of single specimens of the Anopheles gambiae complex by the polymerase chain reaction.
A ribosomal DNA-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method has been developed for species identification of individuals of the five… Expand
Review
1992
Review
1992
MELAS: An original case and clinical criteria for diagnosis
We describe the full history and postmortem findings in one of the first identified cases of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with… Expand
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Introduction of disease-related mitochondrial DNA deletions into HeLa cells lacking mitochondrial DNA results in mitochondrial dysfunction.
Mutant mitochondrial DNA with large-scale deletions (delta-mtDNA) has been frequently observed in patients with chronic… Expand
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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
MITOCHONDRIAL encephalomyopathies are usually divided into three distinct clinical subgroups: (1) mitochondrial myopathy… Expand
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes: A distinctive clinical syndrome
We report on two patients who have a mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and recurrent cerebral insults that… Expand
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The histogenesis and biologic behavior of primary human malignant melanomas of the skin.
Summary This paper describes the histogenesis of 3 forms of human malignant melanoma: superficial spreading melanoma, nodular… Expand
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