MELAS syndrome


MELAS syndrome

 mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes; a familial type of mitochondrial encephalopathy, of maternal (mitochondrial) inheritance.

MELAS syndrome

The combination of Mitochondrial myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like attacks. The syndrome also features retinal degeneration leading to visual field defects, and sometime hemiplegia.