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MELAS meaning in Academic & Science ? |
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Answer» What is Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes mean? Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is one of the family of mitochondrial diseases, which also include MERRF syndrome, and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. It was first characterized under this name in 1984. A feature of these diseases is that they are caused by defects in the mitochondrial genome which is inherited purely from the female parent. reference |
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