Human extraocular muscles in mitochondrial diseases: Comparing chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 825-827

  Carta, Arturo ^a   Carelli, V ^b,c   D'Adda, T ^a   Ross Cisneros, F N ^c   Sadun, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

AGED; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOFIBRILS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; SARCOMERES; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 21344447244     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.060590     Document Type: Article

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