Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy: Implications of the sex ratio for linkage studies in families with the 3460 ND1 mutation

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 513-516

  Black, G C M ^a   Craig, I W ^a   Oostra, R J ^b   Norby, S ^c   Rosenberg, T ^d   Morten, K ^e   Laborde, A ^a   Poulton, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leber s hereditary optic neuropathy; Mitochondrial DNA; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0029102268     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1995.117     Document Type: Article

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