Unilateral cortical thickening and hyper-intensity due to mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke like episodes (MELAS)

Patients with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) present with recurrent and partially reversible neurological deficits. Lesions of MELAS classically cause a signal change in both the grey and white matter, predominantly in the occipital and parietal lobes....

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Main Authors: Hamid Reza Hatamian, Babak Bakhshayesh, Nazanin Rahman-A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2014-04-01
Series:International Clinical Neuroscience Journal
Online Access:http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/Neuroscience/article/download/6754/pdf_4