MELAS Syndrome: How Stroke-like are the Stroke episodes? (P1.255)

Conclusions:Patients with MELAS syndrome may present with recurrent strokes in the arterial territory rather than SLEs. Clinicians should entertain the possibility of a mitochondrial disease in young patients with cryptogenic stroke and pursue appropriate diagnostic evaluations and treatment.Disclosure: Dr. Liaw has nothing to disclose. Dr. Lewis has nothing to disclose. Dr. Saini has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gultekin has nothing to disclose. Dr. Koch has nothing to disclose. Dr. Asdaghi has nothing to disclose.

Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Liaw, N., Lewis, R., Saini, V., Gultekin, S. H., Koch, S., Asdaghi, N. Tags: Genetic Stroke Syndromes, Biomarkers, and Translational/Basic Research Source Type: research