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Mitochondrial myopathy, dysmorphism, exercise-induced vomiting and tachycardia the mutation m.4831G > A.

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[Intestinal pseudoobstructions and gastric necrosis in mitochondrial myopathy].

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METHODS A 24-year-old female patient suffered for 4 months from recurrent abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Signs of an acute abdomen were the initial reason for admitting the patient to our hospital. The slim, pale patient had a complete bloated abdomen. Neurological status was

[Usefulness of L-arginine infusion for status epilepticus in mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes].

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We encountered an 11-year-old girl with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) who developed occipital lobe epilepsy at the age of 7 years and 4 months. Thereafter she had repeated status epilepticus associated with stroke-like episodes. Status

Heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA mutation in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes.

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A 16-year-old female presented with clinical, morphologic and molecular features of mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). Her early development was normal. Starting from the age of 14 years, she experienced recurrent episodes of headaches, with

[A case of MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) with progressive cytochrome c oxidase deficiency].

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We report a 9 year-old boy with MELAS. High dosed oral thiamine administration and high fat diet induced remarkable neurological and biochemical improvement. His mother had episodic headaches and hemiplegia, probably MELAS. He complained muscle weakness and repeated episodes of vomiting started from

Mitochondrial myopathy with lactic acidosis and deficient activity of muscle succinate cytochrome-c-oxidoreductase.

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A male infant had severe muscular hypotonia from birth. Recurrent vomiting with dehydration and severe metabolic acidosis complicated the course. Elevated lactate (up to 12.3 mmol/l; n less than 2), pyruvate (0.4 mmol/l; n less than 0.05) and alanine levels were found in serum with an abnormal

[Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) with chronic renal failure: report of mother-child cases].

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A 25-year-old man developed nausea, vomiting, severe headache, and confusion. He had a past history of hyperuricemia and mild renal dysfunction. On admission he had somatic growth retardation, hypertrichosis, and bilateral auditory impairment. A cranial CT scan showed a small area of low density in

Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with corticosteroid dependence.

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A 12-year-old boy with corticosteroid-responsive mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is described. His mother proved to have an asymptomatic mitochondrial myopathy on examination of a muscle biopsy specimen. Three weeks after the onset of vomiting,

Alternate-sided homonymous hemianopia as the solitary presentation of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes syndrome.

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Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome has various presentations. We report on a case of MELAS in which alternate-sided homonymous hemianopia was the main symptom of recurrent neurological defects. A 19-year-old woman suffered from blurred vision,

Diversity of clinical symptoms in A3243G mitochondrial DNA mutation (MELAS syndrome mutation).

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BACKGROUND MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) is one of the most common mitochondrial encephalomyopathies. METHODS We present four children with A3243G MELAS mtDNA mutation and give a summary of clinical MELAS symptoms reported in the literature. Serum lactate

[A case with MELAS associated with epilepsia partialis continua].

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We report a 14-year-old boy with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS) who presented repeated episodes of abdominal pain and vomiting since the age of 8 years. In addition, he developed strokelike episodes with myoclonic seizures and transient

3-Methylglutaconyl-Coenzyme-A Hydratase Deficiency and the Development of Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

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A 25-year-old Canadian male with a history of 3-methylglutaconyl-coenzyme-A hydratase deficiency, also known as 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type I, a very rare inborn error of metabolism, presented with respiratory distress, nausea, vomiting and signs of multisystem organ failure due to a suspected

[Effectiveness of midazolam for L-arginine-resistant headaches during stroke-like episodes in MELAS: a case report].

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A 14-year-old girl was referred to us with severe migraine-like headaches associated with vomiting and right homonymous hemianopsia. On admission, MRI examination showed high signals in the left occipital cortex and subcortex on T2-weighted images, without reduction of apparent diffusion coefficient

A mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with cardiomyopathy. A case revealing a defect of complex I in the respiratory chain.

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We describe a 16-year-old Japanese girl with a mitochondrial encephalomyopathy who presented with progressive dementia, limb weakness and atrophy, episodic vomiting, generalized convulsions, myoclonic seizures, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. CT scan revealed transient focal low density areas in

[Distigmine bromide improves chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in a case of MELAS].

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A 34-year-old man with MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes) showed chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO), which was improved by the administration of distigmine bromide. He exhibited generalized tonic clonic seizures at the age of 21, and

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