What is MELAS?
What is MELAS?
- MELAS: A mitochondrial disorder characterized by stroke-like episodes, headaches, vomiting and other neurological symptoms.
MELAS is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that MELAS, or a subtype of MELAS,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list MELAS as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
MELAS: Introduction
Types of MELAS:
Broader types of MELAS:
How serious is MELAS?
Prognosis of MELAS: generally poor, stroke-like episodes may be harmless or cause permanent neurological deficits
Complications of MELAS:
see complications of MELAS
What causes MELAS?
Causes of MELAS: see causes of MELAS
What are the symptoms of MELAS?
Symptoms of MELAS:
see symptoms of MELAS
Complications of MELAS:
see complications of MELAS
Onset of MELAS: variable
Can anyone else get MELAS?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of MELAS
Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.
MELAS: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for MELAS.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and MELAS.
How is it treated?
Treatments for MELAS:
see treatments for MELAS
Research for MELAS:
see research for MELAS
Organs Affected by MELAS:
Organs and body systems related to MELAS include:
Name and Aliases of MELAS
Main name of condition: MELAS
Class of Condition for MELAS: genetic mitochondrial
Other names or spellings for MELAS:
MELAS syndrome, mitochondrial encephalomyopathy lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes, MELAD syndrome, mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes, myopathy, mitochondrial-encephalopathy-lactic acidosis-stroke, Mitochondrial myopathy-encephalopathy-lactic acidosis, Mitochondrial encephalopathy
Mitochondrial myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactacidemia, Stroke-like episodes
Source - Diseases Database
MELAS syndrome, Mitochondrial encephalopathy, Mitochondrial myopathy encephalopathy lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes, Mitochondrial encephalopathy, Mitochondrial myopathy encephalopathy lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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