Occurrence of a multiple sclerosis-like illness in women who have a leber's hereditary optic neuropathy mitochondrial dna mutation

Brain

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 979-989

  Harding, A E ^a   Sweeney, M G ^a   Miller, D H ^a   Mumford, C J ^b   Kellar wood, H ^b   Menard, D ^c   Mcdonald, W I ^a   Compston, D A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY;

EID: 0026782507     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/115.4.979     Document Type: Article

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