Sporadic Leber hereditary optic neuropathy in Australia and New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Chan, Christopher ^a   Mackey, David A ^a   Byrne, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b St Vincent's Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Idiopathic bilateral optic neuropathy; Mitochondrial DNA mutations; Sporadic Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POINT MUTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE;

AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0029665976     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1996.tb01545.x     Document Type: Article

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