Progression of myopathology in Kearns-Sayre syndrome: a morphological follow-up study
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Kearns-Sayre syndrome
The Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a mitochondrial myopathy characterised by ptosis, chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, abnormal retinal pigmentation, and cardiac conduction defects. A unique case is reported in which there was rapid development ofprogressive congestive cardiac failure that required cardiac transplantation. A review of published reports of mitochondrial myopathy shows that...
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The authors describe a rare group of symptoms, resulting in progressive external ophthalmoplegia, retinal pigment epithelial dysfunction and cardiac conduction disturbance. The illness belongs to the group of mitochondrial cytopathies. The case extends over the diagnostic possibilities, with special attention on electromyographic diagnostic, clinical symptoms, pathomechanism of the disease, and...
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about the clinical presentation and central nervous system (CNS) imaging in 19 patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS), of whom 12 were genetically confirmed. We have the following comments and concerns. The main disadvantage of the study was that the diagnosis was not genetically confirmed in all patients and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletion was detected in only 63% patients. What was the ...
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BACKGROUND Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS) is a mitochondrial DNA deletion syndrome that presents with profound cerebral folate deficiency and other features. Preliminary data support the notion that folinic acid therapy might be useful in the treatment of KSS patients. Our aim was to assess the clinical and neuroimaging outcomes of KSS patients receiving folinic acid therapy. METHODS PATIENTS...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Neuropathologica
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0001-6322,1432-0533
DOI: 10.1007/bf00334681