A case of Kearns-Sayre syndrome with autoimmune thyroiditis and complete atrio-ventricular block

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 387-391

  Berio, A ^a   Piazzi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrio ventricular block; Kearns syndrome, diagnosis; Kearns syndrome, immunology; Ophthalmoplegia; Thyroiditis, autoimmune

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PTOSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; KEARNS-SAYER SYNDROME; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 33746467163     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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