RT Book, Section
A1 Bissonnette, Bruno
A1 Luginbuehl, Igor
A1 Marciniak, Bruno
A1 Dalens, Bernard J.
SR Print(0)
ID 58075699
T1 MELAS Syndrome
T2 Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications
YR 2006
FD 2006
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071354554
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58075699
RD 2024/04/20
AB MELAS  is  an  acronym  for  mitochondrial  myopathy,  encephalopathy,  lactic  acidosis,  and  stroke.  It  is  a  progressive  neurodegenerative  disorder.  Other  clinical  features  include  diabetes  mellitus,  deafness,  episodic  vomiting,  seizures,  and  cortical  blindness.