You are not alone. Here is where to start: learn the basics, find a specialist or center that sees MELAS syndrome, look for clinical trials, and connect with others living with it — all in one place.
Open the full MELAS syndrome hub →MELAS syndrome is a rare condition. Also known as Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes, Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes, Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes. Tomeko brings together the specialists, research, clinical trials, treatments and community for MELAS syndrome so you can go from overwhelmed to oriented. For authoritative medical detail, see the reference sources below.
Identifiers: ORPHA:550 · OMIM 540000 · ICD-10 G71.3 · GARD 0007009
Start by learning the basics from an authoritative source, find a specialist or center that sees MELAS syndrome, and connect with a patient organization. Tomeko brings these together on one hub.
Use Tomeko's specialist and Centers-of-Excellence directories to find clinicians who treat MELAS syndrome, filtered to your area.
Tomeko shows live, recruiting studies for MELAS syndrome from ClinicalTrials.gov on the hub.