Screening for leber's hereditary optic neuropathy associated mitochondrial dna mutations in patients with prominent optic neuritis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 279-282

  Kalman, Bernadette ^a   Rodriguez Valdez, Jose Luis ^a   Bosch, Ursula ^a   Lublin, Fred D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MtDNA mutations; Multiple sclerosis; Prominent optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION; OPTIC NEURITIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; OPTIC NEURITIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0030640474     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859700200603     Document Type: Article

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