Article
[Progressive external ophthalmoplegia of mitochondrial origin: contribution of morphological and molecular studies].
Revue neurologique - 1 Feb 1997
Laforêt P, Eymard B, Danan C, Chevallay M, Rouche A, Frachon P, Fardeau M, Lombès A
Abstract excerpt
We performed a comparative analysis of the clinical, morphological and molecular characteristics of 62 patients affected with progressive external ophthalmoplegia with ragged-red fibres in muscle. Twenty-seven patients had only muscular disease, and 35 had a multisystemic disease with neurologica...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Blotting, Southern
- Chromosome Deletion
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
- Muscles
- Mutation
- Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External
- Prognosis
- Time Factors
