Screening for MELAS mutations in young patients with stroke of undetermined origin Mutações relacionadas à síndrome de MELAS em pacientes jovens com acidente vascular cerebral de etiologia indeterminada

Screening for MELAS mutations in young patients with stroke of undetermined origin Mutações relacionadas à síndrome de MELAS em pacientes jovens com acidente vascular cerebral de etiologia indeterminada

PURPOSE: It has been suggested that mitochondrial disease may be responsible for a substantial proportion of strokes of indetermined origin. We have preliminarily screened for MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes) mutations in young patients with cryptoge...

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Main Authors: Adriana Bastos Conforto, Fabio Iuji Yamamoto, Sueli Mieko Oba-Shinjo, Julio Guy C. Pinto, Maurício Hoshino, Milberto Scaff, Suely Kazue Nagahashi Marie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2007-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
doença cerebrovascular
métodos diagnósticos
mitocondriopatias
miopatias
infarto criptogênico
cerebrovascular disease
diagnostic methods
mitochondrial disease
myopathy
cryptogenic stroke
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