"Kearns-Sayre Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mitochondrial disorder featuring the triad of chronic progressive EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, cardiomyopathy (CARDIOMYOPATHIES) with conduction block (HEART BLOCK), and RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA. Disease onset is in the first or second decade. Elevated CSF protein, sensorineural deafness, seizures, and pyramidal signs may also be present. Ragged-red fibers are found on muscle biopsy. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p984)
| Descriptor ID |
D007625
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.460.700.500 C10.292.562.775.500 C10.668.491.500.700.500 C11.590.641.500 C11.768.585.658.500.627 C14.280.238.510 C18.452.660.410 C18.452.660.560.700.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Kearns-Sayre Syndrome- Kearns-Sayre Syndrome
- Syndrome, Kearns-Sayre
- Ophthalmoplegia-Plus Syndrome
- CPEO with Ragged Red Fibers
- Kearn-Sayre Mitochondrial Cytopathy
- Cytopathy, Kearn-Sayre Mitochondrial
- Kearn Sayre Mitochondrial Cytopathy
- Mitochondrial Cytopathy, Kearn-Sayre
- Kearns Sayre Syndrome
- Sayre Syndrome, Kearns
- Syndrome, Kearns Sayre
- Kearns Syndrome
- Syndrome, Kearns
- Kearns' Syndrome
- Kearn Syndrome
- Syndrome, Kearns'
- Kearns-Sayre-Shy-Daroff Syndrome
- Kearns Sayre Shy Daroff Syndrome
- Syndrome, Kearns-Sayre-Shy-Daroff
- Oculocraniosomatic Syndrome
- Oculocraniosomatic Syndromes
- Syndrome, Oculocraniosomatic
- Ophthalmoplegia Plus Syndrome
- Ophthalmoplegia Plus Syndromes
- Syndrome, Ophthalmoplegia Plus
- Ophthalmoplegia, Pigmentary Degeneration of Retina, and Cardiomyopathy
- Ophthalmoplegia, Progressive External, With Ragged-Red Fibers
- Cpeo With Ragged-Red Fibers
- Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia with Myopathy
- CPEO with Myopathy
- CPEO with Myopathies
- Myopathies, CPEO with
- Myopathy, CPEO with
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