Mucosal necrosis of the small intestine in myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes syndrome

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2012; 18(41): 5986-5989
Published online Nov 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i41.5986

Table 1 Summary of anti-mitochondrial antibody expression

	MELAS patient(in this case)		Non-MELAS patient (in our control)
	Necroticlesion	Non-necrotic lesion	Necrotic lesion	Non-necrotic lesion
Expression of AMA
Mucosa
Villi	Diminished/+++	+	Diminished	+
Crypt	+++	+/-	+	+
Lamina propria	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-
Muscularis mucosa	+	+	+/-	+/-
Submucosa	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-
Muscular layer
Inner circular	++	++	+	+
External longitude	++	++	+	+

AMA: Anti-mitochondrial antibody; MELAS: Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes.

Citation: Fukuyama K, Ishikawa Y, Ogino T, Inoue H, Yamaoka R, Hirose T, Nishihira T. Mucosal necrosis of the small intestine in myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes syndrome. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(41): 5986-5989
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v18/i41/5986.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i41.5986