A case-control study of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1481-1486

  Chalmers, R M ^a   Harding, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Multiple sclerosis; Tobacco; Tremor

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO; TREMOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; SMOKING;

EID: 0029969778     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.5.1481     Document Type: Article

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