Kearns-Sayre Syndrome is a multisystem disorder characterized by ophthalmoplegia, pigmentary retinopathy, heart block, and cerebellar ataxia. This disease is caused by various large-scale deletions of mitochondrial DNA.
Category
Inherited metabolic disorder
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
09 Diseases of the visual system
Strabismus or ocular motility disorders
9C82 Disorders of extraocular muscles
H01355 Kearns-Sayre syndrome
Obara-Moszynska M, Maceluch J, Bobkowski W, Baszko A, Jaremba O, Krawczynski MR, Niedziela M
Title
A novel mitochondrial DNA deletion in a patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome: a late-onset of the fatal cardiac conduction deficit and cardiomyopathy accompanying long-term rGH treatment.