Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia
HUMAN DISEASE
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia; Progressive external ophthalmoparesis; Ophthalmoplegia, chronic progressive external; CPEO; Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia; Chronic progressive external opthalmoplegia; Progressive external opthalmoplegia; Chronic progressive ophthalmoplegia; External ophthalmoplegia
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) is a type of eye disorder characterized by slowly progressive inability to move the eyes and eyebrows. It is often the only feature of mitochondrial disease, in which case the term CPEO may be given as the diagnosis.