High incidence of pre-excitation syndrome in Japanese families with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 535-537

  Mashima, Yukihiko ^a   Kigasawa, Kazuteru ^b   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^b   Tani, Masato ^a   Oguchi, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Lown Ganong Levine syndrome; Pre excitation syndrome; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0030454025     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb02732.x     Document Type: Article

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