title: Author's reply: what is a true definition of MELAS?
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017241:MELAS Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D009626:Terminology as Topic