MELAS syndrome diagnosed in ICU in a 56-year-old patient presenting with status epilepticus

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1148-1149

  Vrettou, Charikleia S ^a   Zervakis, Dimitrios ^a   Priovolos, Andreas ^a   Koskina, Sofia ^b   Tsamouri, Magdalini ^c   Routsi, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPTIC STATE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOPATHY;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878012893     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-2884-1     Document Type: Letter

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