Year 2021 / Volume 113 / Number 2
Letter
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in MELAS

152-153

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.7099/2020

José Luis Fernández Forcelledo, Eduardo López Fernández, M. Mercedes Misiego Peral,

Abstract
MELAS syndrome with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and neurological symptoms in a patient with a fatal evolution despite medical and surgical treatment.
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1.Yatsuga S, Povalko N, Nishioka K et al. MELAS: a nationwide prospective cohort study of 96 patiens in Japan. Biochim Biophys Acta (2012) 1820:619-24.
2.Yi Shiau Ng, Catherine Feeney, Andrew M. Schaefer et al. Pesudo-Obstruction, Stroke, and Mitochondrial Dusfunction: A Lethal Combination. Annals of Neurology 2016; 80: 686-692.
3.Yusuke Sekino, Masahiko Inamori, Eiji Yamada et al. Characteristics of intestinal pseudo-obstruction in patients with mitochondrial diseases. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2012 September 7; 18(33): 4557-4562.
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Publication history

Received: 02/04/2020

Accepted: 15/04/2020

Online First: 23/11/2020

Published: 08/02/2021

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