Claim: People with Barakat syndrome (also known as Kearns-Sayre syndrome), a genetic developmental disorder with clinical diversity characterized by hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural deafness and renal disease, usually present with hypocalcaemia, tetany, or afebrile convulsions at any age.
Evidence: Barakat syndrome, is a rare disease characterized by hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural deafness and renal disease, and hence also known as HDR syndrome. Oculocraniosomatic disorder or Oculocranionsomatic neuromuscular disorder with ragged red fibers