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 neurological, cardiac, sensory, or endocrine symptoms. Quantitation of mitochondrial accumulation and numbering of cytochrome c...
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