Delayed diagnosis of Kearns-Sayre syndrome in a 38-year-old male patient: A case report

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-275

  Yerdelen, Deniz ^a   Koc, Filiz ^b   Koc, Zafer ^a,b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

And histopathologic findings; Clinical; Kearns Sayre syndrome; Laboratory

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; KEARNS-SAYER SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349134612     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701242669     Document Type: Article

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