Kearns sayre syndrome - Case report with review of literature

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 650-654

  Phadke, Meghana ^a   Lokeshwar, M R ^a,c   Bhutada, Shraddha ^a   Tampi, Chandralekha ^a   Saxena, Renu ^b   Kohli, Sudha ^b   Shah, K N ^a  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c 19 A Shree Dattaguru Society   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia with ragged red fibers; CPEO (Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia with myopathy); Kearns Sayre's syndrome; Oculo cranio somatic neuromuscular disease with ragged red fibers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPEECH DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; KEARNS-SAYRE SYNDROME; MALE;

EID: 84862855662     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0618-3     Document Type: Article

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