A Case of Early Onset MELAS Patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.

Kim,  Jeong A; Ahn,  Jung Min; Lee,  Young Mock; Kang,  Hoon Chul; Lee,  Joon Soo; Kim,  Heung Dong

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Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society 2011;19(3):266-271.
Published online December 30, 2011.

A Case of Early Onset MELAS Patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.

Jeong A Kim, Jung Min Ahn, Young Mock Lee, Hoon Chul Kang, Joon Soo Lee, Heung Dong Kim

Department of Pediatrics, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ymleemd@yuhs.ac

Abstract

Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is one of the classic mitochondrial diseases characterized by symptoms of repeated episodes of hemiparesis with mitochondrial DNA mutation. We report a rare case of early onset MELAS patient confirmed by genetic analysis with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Key Words: Mitochondrial Myopathies, MELAS syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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