MELAS syndrome in an Indigenous Australian woman
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MELAS syndrome in an Indigenous Australian woman.
TO THE EDITOR: MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) syndrome has not been reported previously in the Aboriginal Australian population. Here, we describe a patient with MELAS syndrome in this population. A 29-year-old Aboriginal Australian woman presented with a 3-day history of seizures and confusion and a background of cognitive impairment, s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Australia
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0025-729X,1326-5377
DOI: 10.5694/mja10.11393