Adult-Onset MELAS Presenting as Herpes Encephalitis
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Adult-onset MELAS presenting as herpes encephalitis.
OBJECTIVE To report an unusual presentation of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) manifested in late life with a clinical picture of herpes simplex encephalitis. DESIGN Case report. SETTING Clinical neurology department in a tertiary care hospital. CASE DESCRIPTION A 55-year-old woman developed aphasia and delirium during ophthalmic herpes z...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.2.241