Misdiagnosis of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON): Role of clinical and molecular genetic examinations;Fehldiagnose Lebersche optikusneuropathie (LHON): Stellenwert klinischer und molekulargenetischer untersuchungen

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 549-554

  Leo Kottler, Beate ^a   Christ Adler, Margot ^a   Wissinger, Bernd ^a   Zrenner, Eberhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy; LHON; Mitochondrial DNA; mtDNA; Peripapillary microangiopathy; Point mutation

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PEDIGREE; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031717749     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050314     Document Type: Article

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