Speech-Language and swallowing manifestations and rehabilitation in an 11-year-old girl with MELAS syndrome.
Mitochondrial 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.
['Vandana|V P|VP|', 'Bindu|Parayil Sankaran|PS|', 'Sonam|Kothari|K|', 'Taly|Arun B|AB|', 'Gayathri|N|N|', 'Madhu|N|N|', 'Sinha|S|S|']
speech-language swallowing rehabilitation mitochondrial myopathy encephalopathy lactic acidosis 3243A >G mutation and stroke-like episodes syndrome mitochondrial DNA