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CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 1-4Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00769.x
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MELAS syndrome; sensorineural hearing loss; mitochondrial cytopathy
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The mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is a rare congenital disorder of mitochondrial DNA (mt-DNA). Patients with this syndrome may present to the otolaryngologist with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), which is genetic in origin. A high index of suspicion is required because this hearing loss is part of a syndrome for which early diagnosis and intervention is required.
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