Kearns-Sayre syndrome

spontaneous occuring or inherited mitochondrial myopathy with a typical onset before 20 years of age
MedicalCondition head_and_neck_disease Q2605012
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Kearns-Sayre syndrome

Summary

Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a head and neck disease[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's instance of is recorded as head and neck disease[3].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's instance of is recorded as developmental defect during embryogenesis[4].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[6].
  • Thomas P. Kearns is named after Kearns-Sayre syndrome[7].
  • George Pomeroy Sayre is named after Kearns-Sayre syndrome[8].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia[9].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of syndrome with hypoparathyroidism[10].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of neurometabolic disease[11].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of syndromic genetic deafness[12].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of mitochondrial disease with eye involvement[13].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of syndrome with a symptomatic strabismus[14].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of syndromic retinitis pigmentosa[15].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of mitochondrial disease with dilated cardiomyopathy[16].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of hereditary retinal dystrophy[17].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of mitochondrial disease with epilepsy[18].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of mitochondrial disease with peripheral neuropathy[19].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a type of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation disorder due to a large-scale single deletion of mitochondrial DNA[20].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's Commons category is recorded as Kearns-Sayre syndrome[21].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as F95[22].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84798[23].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's health specialty is recorded as ophthalmology[24].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12934[25].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12934[26].
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_480[27].

Why It Matters

Kearns-Sayre syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, syndrome with hypoparathyroidism, neurometabolic disease +9
    Named after
    Health specialty ophthalmology
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