| Descriptor English: | MELAS Syndrome | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Síndrome MELAS
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Síndrome MELAS | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Syndrome MELAS | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
MELAS Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-Like Episodes Mitochondrial Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, And Stroke-Like Episodes Mitochondrial Myopathy, Lactic Acidosis, Stroke-Like Episode Myopathy, Mitochondrial-Encephalopathy-Lactic Acidosis-Stroke Syndrome, MELAS |
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| Tree number(s): |
C05.651.460.620.520 C10.228.140.163.100.535 C10.228.140.300.275.500 C10.668.491.500.500.500 C14.907.253.329.500 C16.320.565.189.535 C18.452.132.100.535 C18.452.648.189.535 C18.452.660.560.620.520 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017241 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A mitochondrial disorder characterized by focal or generalized seizures, episodes of transient or persistent neurologic dysfunction resembling strokes, and ragged-red fibers on muscle biopsy. Affected individuals tend to be normal at birth through early childhood, then experience growth failure, episodic vomiting, and recurrent cerebral insults resulting in visual loss and hemiparesis. The cortical lesions tend to occur in the parietal and occipital lobes and are not associated with vascular occlusion. VASCULAR HEADACHE is frequently associated and the disorder tends to be familial. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch56, p117) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Acidosis (1985-1986) Acidosis, Lactic (1987-1992) Brain Diseases (1985-1987) Brain Diseases, Metabolic (1987-1992) Cerebrovascular Disorders (1987-1992) Lactates (1985-1986) Mitochondria, Muscle (1984-1992) Neuromuscular Diseases (1987-1992) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 1993 |
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| History Note: | 1993 |
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| DeCS ID: | 30661 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D017241 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1993/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1992/05/22 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2013/07/08 |
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MELAS Syndrome
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| Concept UI |
M0026161 |
| Scope note | A mitochondrial disorder characterized by focal or generalized seizures, episodes of transient or persistent neurologic dysfunction resembling strokes, and ragged-red fibers on muscle biopsy. Affected individuals tend to be normal at birth through early childhood, then experience growth failure, episodic vomiting, and recurrent cerebral insults resulting in visual loss and hemiparesis. The cortical lesions tend to occur in the parietal and occipital lobes and are not associated with vascular occlusion. VASCULAR HEADACHE is frequently associated and the disorder tends to be familial. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch56, p117) |
| Preferred term | MELAS Syndrome |
| Entry term(s) |
MELAS Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-Like Episodes Mitochondrial Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, And Stroke-Like Episodes Mitochondrial Myopathy, Lactic Acidosis, Stroke-Like Episode Myopathy, Mitochondrial-Encephalopathy-Lactic Acidosis-Stroke Syndrome, MELAS |
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