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Case Reports
Speech-Language and swallowing manifestations and rehabilitation in an 11-year-old girl with MELAS syndrome.
- V P Vandana, Parayil Sankaran Bindu, Kothari Sonam, Arun B Taly, N Gayathri, N Madhu, and S Sinha.
- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
- J Pediatr Neurosci. 2015 Jan 1; 10 (1): 31-4.
AbstractMitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disease. The available studies on MELAS syndrome are limited to evaluation of radiological, audiological, genetic, and neurological findings. Among the various neurological manifestations, speech-language and swallowing manifestations are less discussed in the literature. This report describes the speech-language and swallowing function in an 11-year-old girl with MELAS syndrome. The intervention over a period of 6 months is discussed.
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