SANDO syndrome (Sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis)

General information about the disease

SANDO syndrome is a mitochondriopathy associated with multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA. Phenotypically, patients often show ataxia, dysarthria and ophthalmoparesis. SANDO syndrome in a cohort of 107 patients with CPEO and mitochondrial DNA deletions

Own studies for radiation sensitivity:

One patient with mitochondriopathy had already been tested for individual radiation sensitivity. This patient had SANDO syndrome and the studies showed that his individual radiation sensitivity was within the normal range.