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Josef Finsterer

Publications 8

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Mitochondrial Disorders May Mimic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at Onset

Josef Finsterer, Sinda Zarrouk-Mahjoub · Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal · 2025 · 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.017

Similarities between a mitochondrial disorder (MID) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) fade with disease progression and the development of mitochondrial multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MIMODS). However, with mild MIMODS, a MID may still be misinterpreted as ALS. We report a 48-year-old male who presented to …

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The Tip of the Iceberg in Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness

Josef Finsterer, Marlies Frank · Oman Medical Journal · 2018 · 10.5001/omj.2018.80

Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD) is not only a disorder of the pancreas and ears but a multisystem mitochondrial disorder syndrome. Hypogonadism, however, has not been reported as a phenotypic feature of MIDD. We report a single case of a patient with MIDD which manifested clinically at 41 years old. I …

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Hypertelorism in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1A from the common PMP22 duplication: A Case Report

Josef Finsterer · Oman Medical Journal · 2012 · 10.5001/omj.2012.34

The 1.4Mb tandem-duplication in the PMP22 gene at 17p11.2 usually manifests as hereditary sensorimotor polyneuropathy with foot deformity, sensorineural hearing-loss, moderate developmental delay, and gait disturbance. Hypertelorism and marked phenotypic variability within a single family has not been reported. In a si …

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