"MELAS Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A mitochondrial disorder characterized by focal or generalized seizures, episodes of transient or persistent neurologic dysfunction resembling strokes, and ragged-red fibers on muscle biopsy. Affected individuals tend to be normal at birth through early childhood, then experience growth failure, episodic vomiting, and recurrent cerebral insults resulting in visual loss and hemiparesis. The cortical lesions tend to occur in the parietal and occipital lobes and are not associated with vascular occlusion. VASCULAR HEADACHE is frequently associated and the disorder tends to be familial. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch56, p117)
| Descriptor ID |
D017241
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.460.620.520 C10.228.140.163.100.535 C10.228.140.300.275.500 C10.668.491.500.500.500 C14.907.253.329.500 C16.320.565.189.535 C18.452.132.100.535 C18.452.648.189.535 C18.452.660.560.620.520
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| Concept/Terms |
MELAS Syndrome- MELAS Syndrome
- Syndrome, MELAS
- Mitochondrial Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, And Stroke-Like Episodes
- Mitochondrial Myopathy, Lactic Acidosis, Stroke-Like Episode
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "MELAS Syndrome".
- Diseases [C]
- Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
- Muscular Diseases [C05.651]
- Mitochondrial Myopathies [C05.651.460]
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies [C05.651.460.620]
- MELAS Syndrome [C05.651.460.620.520]
- Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
- Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic [C10.228.140.163]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C10.228.140.163.100]
- MELAS Syndrome [C10.228.140.163.100.535]
- Cerebrovascular Disorders [C10.228.140.300]
- Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases [C10.228.140.300.275]
- MELAS Syndrome [C10.228.140.300.275.500]
- Neuromuscular Diseases [C10.668]
- Muscular Diseases [C10.668.491]
- Mitochondrial Myopathies [C10.668.491.500]
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies [C10.668.491.500.500]
- MELAS Syndrome [C10.668.491.500.500.500]
- Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
- Vascular Diseases [C14.907]
- Cerebrovascular Disorders [C14.907.253]
- Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases [C14.907.253.329]
- MELAS Syndrome [C14.907.253.329.500]
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C16.320.565]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C16.320.565.189]
- MELAS Syndrome [C16.320.565.189.535]
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
- Metabolic Diseases [C18.452]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic [C18.452.132]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C18.452.132.100]
- MELAS Syndrome [C18.452.132.100.535]
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C18.452.648]
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn [C18.452.648.189]
- MELAS Syndrome [C18.452.648.189.535]
- Mitochondrial Diseases [C18.452.660]
- Mitochondrial Myopathies [C18.452.660.560]
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies [C18.452.660.560.620]
- MELAS Syndrome [C18.452.660.560.620.520]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "MELAS Syndrome".
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