'kearns-sayre-shy-daroff syndrome' (Kearns-Sayer Syndrome)
Definition : 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)
Source : National Library of Medicine (MeSH 2007)
Definition : 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)
Source : National Library of Medicine (MeSH 2007)


Using this criteria, we found physicians in the following specialties who are likely to address 'kearns-sayre-shy-daroff syndrome' (Kearns-Sayer Syndrome)

Matches within Child Neurology
Sumit Parikh, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Specialty : Child Neurology
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : Neurodevelopmental Disabilities(Neurology), Neurodegenerative Disease Neurology, Neurometabolic Disorders
Special Interests : Adrenoleukodystrophy, Anencephaly, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Metabolic Brain Diseases, Craniosynostoses, Down Syndrome, Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, Fragile X Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome, Headache, Wilson's Disease, Kearns-Sayer Syndrome, Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome, Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Meningitis, Microcephaly, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Muscular Dystrophies, Refsum Disease, Reye Syndrome, Sandhoff Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Tay-Sachs Disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood, Zellweger Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies, Mitochondrial Myopathies, Canavan Disease, Williams Syndrome, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease, Inborn Metabolic Brain Diseases, Choreatic Disorders, Mitochondrial Diseases, Alexander Disease, Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome, Autism, Developmental Disorders
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