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The Eye on Mitochondrial Disorders. [PDF]
Ophthalmologic manifestations of mitochondrial disorders are frequently neglected or overlooked because they are often not regarded as part of the phenotype.
Daruich, A. +2 more
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Pituitary apoplexy: re-evaluation of risk factors for bleeding into pituitary adenomas and impact on outcome [PDF]
Objective: To assess frequency, symptoms and outcome of pituitary apoplexy (PA) among pituitary adenoma patients, to gain better insight into risk factors for bleeding into pituitary adenoma, and to estimate the sequelae of PA by means of a matched ...
Ayuk +25 more
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Late-onset thymidine kinase 2 deficiency: a review of 18 cases [PDF]
BACKGROUND: TK2 gene encodes for mitochondrial thymidine kinase, which phosphorylates the pyrimidine nucleosides thymidine and deoxycytidine. Recessive mutations in the TK2 gene are responsible for the 'myopathic form' of the mitochondrial depletion ...
Caballero Eraso, Candelaria +9 more
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Suspensory materials for surgery of blepharoptosis: a systematic review of observational studies [PDF]
Background Frontalis suspension surgery is considered the procedure of choice in cases of blepharoptosis. Among all the materials used in this type of surgery, ophthalmic and plastic surgeons prefer to use autologous Fascia Lata.
Amorelli, Giulia Maria +7 more
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Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia and clivus fracture following head injury: case report
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is a remarkable finding, particularly in patients victims of head injury. The medial longitudinal fasciculus, which is believed to be lesioned in cases of internuclear ophthalmoplegia, has an unique brain stem position and ...
Bonilha Leonardo +4 more
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Uveitis following anti-snake venom therapy
Snakebite is a common medical emergency in the tropics, causing multisystemic involvement. Ophthalmic manifestations after snakebite have included ptosis and ophthalmoplegia.
S. G. Nayak +3 more
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Management of Noncatastrophic Internal Carotid Artery Injury in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery. [PDF]
Arterial injuries are the most feared complication of endoscopic skull base surgery. During resection of the middle fossa component of a large ventral skull base chondrosarcoma, arterial bleeding was encountered near the right internal carotid artery ...
El-Sayed, Ivan H +3 more
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A case of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis in childhood [PDF]
Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare disease diagnosed by specific clinical features such as 'progressive, relatively symmetric external ophthalmoplegia and ataxia by 4 weeks' and ' ...
Al-Din +22 more
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Extra-ocular muscle MRI in genetically-defined mitochondrial disease [PDF]
Conventional and quantitative MRI was performed in patients with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO), a common manifestation of mitochondrial disease, to characterise MRI findings in the extra-ocular muscles (EOMs) and investigate whether
Cathy Woodward +12 more
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Minicore myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia is a rare congenital muscle disorder associated with mutations in the RYR1 gene. The critical role of RYR1 in regulating calcium ion (Ca2+) release underscores its significance in muscle function and its ...
Lakshmi N. Menon +2 more
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