Kearns-Sayre syndrome with facial and white matter extensive involvement: a (mitochondrial and nuclear gene related?) neurocristopathy?

The Authors report on a patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome, large mtDNA deletion (7/kb), facial abnormalities and severe central nervous system (CNS) white matter radiological features, commonly attributed to spongy alterations. The common origin from neural crest cell (NCC) of facial structures (ca...

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Main Authors: Agostino Berio, Attilia Piazzi, Carlo Enrico Traverso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-12-01
Series:La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica
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Online Access:http://www.pediatrmedchir.org/index.php/pmc/article/view/169