Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) with 14484/ND6 mutation in a North African patient

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-188

  Carelli, Valerio ^a   Barboni, Piero ^b   Zacchini, Annalisa ^c   Mancini, Rita ^c   Monari, Lucia ^a   Cevoli, Sabina ^a   Liguori, Rocco ^a   Sensi, Mariachiara ^a   Lugaresi, Elio ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Villa Toniolo Hospital   (Italy)

^c Malpighi Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

14484 LHON mutation; Idebenone; Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy; Mitochondria; MtDNA haplogroups; Visual recovery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IDEBENONE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCOTOMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0032497575     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00239-1     Document Type: Article

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