{"id":21267,"date":"2025-11-17T01:45:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/hastaliklar\/melas\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T01:45:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:45:44","slug":"melas","status":"publish","type":"hastaliklar","link":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/hastaliklar\/melas\/","title":{"rendered":"MELAS Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Definition<\/h2>\n<p>MELAS syndrome is a mitochondrial disorder characterized by mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like attacks.<\/p>\n<h2>Symptoms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stroke-like attacks<\/li>\n<li>Seizures<\/li>\n<li>Dementia<\/li>\n<li>Hearing loss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reasons<\/h2>\n<p>MT-TL1 and other mtDNA mutations.<\/p>\n<h2>Diagnosis<\/h2>\n<p>Brain MRI, lactate level, genetic testing.<\/p>\n<h2>Treatment<\/h2>\n<p>L-arginine, coenzyme Q10.<\/p>\n<h2>Which Polyclinic Should You Apply To?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Metabolism Polyclinic<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What to Do in an Emergency?<\/h2>\n<p>In case of a stroke-like attack, emergency services should be consulted.<\/p>\n<p><em>This page is for general information purposes only.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition: MELAS syndrome is a mitochondrial disease characterized by mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like attacks. Symptoms: Stroke-like attacks, seizures, dementia, hearing loss. Causes: MT-TL1 and other mtDNA mutations. Diagnosis: Brain MRI, lactate level, genetic testing. Treatment: L-arginine, coenzyme Q10. Which Clinic Should You Go To? Metabolism Clinic. What to Do in an Emergency? In case of a stroke-like attack, go to the emergency room. This [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"MELAS Syndrome - Kahramanmara\u015f S\u00fct\u00e7\u00fc \u0130mam University Health Practice and Research Hospital","description":"Definition: MELAS syndrome is a mitochondrial disorder characterized by mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like attacks. Symptoms: Stroke-like attacks"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21267","hastaliklar","type-hastaliklar","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hastaliklar\/21267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hastaliklar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hastaliklar"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hastaliklar\/21267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}