Early manifestations of MELAS may be easily overlooked
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Tags : anti-mitochondrialantibodies, arrhythmias, autoimmune, cardiacinvolvement, myopathy
Category : Letters to editor
Authors : Josef Finsterer
Full text (PDF file)In a recent article Tetsuka et al. described a 58yo Japanese female with presumed late-onset mitochondrial disorder (MID) in whom stroke-like episodes (SLEs) were initially misinterpreted as ischemic stroke [1].