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Case Reports
. 2000 Jan 16;138(2):108-10, 174.

[Progressive ptosis in children as a presenting sign of Kearns-Sayre syndrome]

[Article in Hebrew]
R Gal  1 , E Lahat
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  • PMID: 10883071
Case Reports

[Progressive ptosis in children as a presenting sign of Kearns-Sayre syndrome]

[Article in Hebrew]
R Gal et al. Harefuah. .

Abstract

Mitochondrial encephalopathies represent a heterogeneous group of various neurological syndromes caused by defects in mitochondrial metabolism. All clinical syndromes can be subdivided by type of biochemical defect into 3 subgroups: defective oxidation, defects in pyruvate metabolism and various defects in the respiratory chain. We present a 12-year-old girl admitted for evaluation of progressive ptosis over a period of 3 years, diagnosed as having the rare mitochondrial encephalopathy, Kearns-Sayre syndrome.

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