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Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia

Known as: Mitochondrial Ocular Myopathy, Dystrophy, Ocular Muscular, Ocular Myopathy, Mitochondrial 
A mitochondrial myopathy characterized by slowly progressive paralysis of the levator palpebrae, orbicularis oculi, and extraocular muscles. Ragged… (More)
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1935-2018
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ATAXIA, EARLY-ONSET, WITH OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA AND HYPOALBUMINEMIAAspects of mortality statisticsExternal OphthalmoplegiaIn Blood
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Gaze Palsy, Familial Horizontal, with Progressive ScoliosisKearns-Sayre syndrome

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Ocular Motility DisordersOphthalmoplegia

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2014
2014
Mutations in the SPG7 gene cause chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia through disordered mitochondrial DNA maintenance
Despite being a canonical presenting feature of mitochondrial disease, the genetic basis of progressive external ophthalmoplegia… (More)
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2005
2005
Ocular motility findings in chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia
AbstractAimsTo characterise the ocular motility features of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia by quantitative and… (More)
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1997
1997
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia.
Two cases of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia were described. Both of them presented with progressive bilateral… (More)
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1990
Highly Cited
1990
A mutation in the tRNALeu(UUR) gene associated with the MELAS subgroup of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies
MITOCHONDRIAL encephalomyopathies are usually divided into three distinct clinical subgroups: (1) mitochondrial myopathy… (More)
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1987
1987
Treatment of ptosis in chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia.
Seventeen patients with ptosis as a feature of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia were managed in accordance with a new… (More)
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1983
1983
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO): clinical, morphologic, and biochemical studies.
We studied skeletal muscles from eight chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia patients with ragged-red fibers (group A… (More)
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1983
1983
A partial deficiency of cytochrome c oxidase in chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia.
A partial deficiency of cytochrome oxidase has been found in 7 patients with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and… (More)
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1976
1976
Cardiac abnormalities in chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia.
This report describes heart disease in a 32-year-old man with the syndrome of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO… (More)
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1975
1975
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia.
The clinical features and investigative findings of 50 patients with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) were… (More)
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1953
1953
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia.
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CHRONIC progressive external ophthalmoplegia is a rare disease. Wilbrand and Saenger (1899) collected 32 cases from the… (More)
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