Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia(CPEO): A not so rare mitochondrial myopathy
Journal Title: Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Mitochondria myopathies have a variable clinical presentation and CPEO(chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia) is the hallmark which should alert the clinician to this diagnosis. Herein we report a-40-year old lady with progressive ptosis without diplopia and without any similar family history who was diagnosed as having a mitochondrial myopathy and given supportive therapy
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Shilpa S. Kuthe, N. R. Humaney, Aditya Mapari
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