J Korean Child Neurol Soc.  2011 Dec;19(3):266-271.

A Case of Early Onset MELAS Patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

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  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ymleemd@yuhs.ac

Abstract

Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is one of the classic mitochondrial diseases characterized by symptoms of repeated episodes of hemiparesis with mitochondrial DNA mutation. We report a rare case of early onset MELAS patient confirmed by genetic analysis with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Keyword

Mitochondrial Myopathies; MELAS syndrome; Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

MeSH Terms

Acidosis, Lactic
DNA, Mitochondrial
Humans
MELAS Syndrome
Mitochondrial Diseases
Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
Mitochondrial Myopathies
Paresis
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
DNA, Mitochondrial
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