[Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial anomalies. Clinical, histological, biochemical and genetic analysis (9 cases)].

doi:10.1016/0248-8663(96)81246-x

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[Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial anomalies. Clinical, histological, biochemical and genetic analysis (9 cases)].

La Revue de medecine interne - 1 Jan 1996

Drouet A

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We report the clinical signs and histological findings in nine patients with mitochondrial ocular myopathies. There were four males and five females. Of age ranging from 47 to 82 years. A more often asymetrical ptosis was in all cases of chronic progressive external ophtalmoplegia (CPEO), but mus...

Topics

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Chromosome Deletion
DNA, Mitochondrial
Electron Transport
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitochondrial Myopathies
Multienzyme Complexes
Muscles
Mutation
Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External
Prognosis

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