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- Title
Differentiating MELAS from Bland Ischemic Stroke: Clinicoradiologic Criteria.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the development of clinicoradiologic criteria to distinguish mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) from bland ischemic stroke, which is essential for prompt MELAS-specific treatment and further research into acute MELAS treatments.Topic include the clinical and radiologic distinctions between MELAS and ischemic stroke and the proposed diagnostic criteria with their sensitivity and specificity values.
- Subjects
STROKE diagnosis; ISCHEMIC stroke; LACTIC acidosis; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; MITOCHONDRIAL encephalomyopathies; NEURORADIOLOGY; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Neurology Alert, 2023, Vol 43, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0741-4234
- Publication type
Article