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MELAS: A mitochondrial disorder characterized by stroke-like episodes, headaches, vomiting and other neurological symptoms. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of MELAS is available below.
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Prognosis for MELAS: generally poor, stroke-like episodes may be harmless or cause permanent neurological deficits
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The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
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MELAS is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that MELAS, or a subtype of MELAS,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list MELAS as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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