A case of Melas (A3243G) on chronic dichloroacetate treatment

Eur Neurol. 2006;55(1):37-8. doi: 10.1159/000091424. Epub 2006 Feb 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Brain Ischemia / drug therapy
  • Brain Ischemia / genetics
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Dichloroacetic Acid / adverse effects
  • Dichloroacetic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Disease Progression
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid / blood
  • Long-Term Care
  • MELAS Syndrome / diagnosis
  • MELAS Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • MELAS Syndrome / genetics
  • Male
  • Neuritis / chemically induced
  • Neuritis / diagnosis
  • Occipital Lobe / blood supply
  • Temporal Lobe / blood supply
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Substances

  • Lactic Acid
  • Dichloroacetic Acid