MELAS: management

Evidence-based neurology checklist on melas: management: Blood tests Lactic acid Pyruvic acid Mitochondrial DNA analysis Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis Other investigations Specific treatments Symptomatic treatments Supportive treatments Acronym

Blood tests

  • Lactic acid
  • Pyruvic acid
  • Mitochondrial DNA analysis

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis

Other investigations

Specific treatments

Symptomatic treatments

Supportive treatments

Acronym

References

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  3. Finsterer J. Mitochondrial metabolic stroke: phenotype and genetics of stroke-like episodes. J Neurol Sci 2019; 400:135-141.
  4. Finsterer J. Therapeutic management of stroke-like episodes varies from that of encephalitis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e19141. 
  5. Martinez-Fernandez E, Gil-Peralta A, Garcia-Lozano R, et al. Mitochondrial disease and stroke. Stroke 2001; 32:2507-2510.
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