MELAS syndrome

one of the family of mitochondrial cytopathies, which also include MERRF, and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
MedicalCondition head_and_neck_disease Q2666433
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MELAS syndrome

Summary

MELAS syndrome is a head and neck disease[1]. It draws 340 Wikipedia views per month (head_and_neck_disease category, ranking #25 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • MELAS syndrome's instance of is recorded as head and neck disease[3].
  • MELAS syndrome's instance of is recorded as developmental defect during embryogenesis[4].
  • MELAS syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy[6].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of neurometabolic disease[7].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of syndromic genetic deafness[8].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of mitochondrial disease with eye involvement[9].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of mitochondrial disease with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy[10].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of mitochondrial disease with dilated cardiomyopathy[11].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of syndrome associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy[12].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of mitochondrial disease with epilepsy[13].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of mitochondrial disease with peripheral neuropathy[14].
  • MELAS syndrome is a type of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation disorder due to a point mutation of mitochondrial DNA[15].
  • MELAS syndrome's Commons category is recorded as MELAS syndrome[16].
  • MELAS syndrome's prevalence is recorded as {'amount': '+0.000163'}[17].
  • MELAS syndrome's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 277.87[18].
  • MELAS syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84885[19].
  • MELAS syndrome's health specialty is recorded as neurology[20].
  • MELAS syndrome's genetic association is recorded as ND4[21].
  • MELAS syndrome's genetic association is recorded as ND6[22].
  • MELAS syndrome's genetic association is recorded as ND5[23].
  • MELAS syndrome's genetic association is recorded as ND1[24].
  • MELAS syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3687[25].
  • MELAS syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:3687[26].
  • MELAS syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[27].

Why It Matters

MELAS syndrome draws 340 Wikipedia views per month (head_and_neck_disease category, ranking #25 of 92).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . emedicine.medscape.com. Retrieved . emedicine.medscape.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q905695. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q905695. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q905695. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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