Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy mitochondrial DNA mutations at nucleotides 11778 and 3460 in multiple sclerosis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-175

  Mojon, Daniel S ^a   Herbert, Joseph ^a   Sadiq, Saud A ^a   Miller, James R ^a   Madonna, Michelle ^a   Hirano, Michio ^a,b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 0032907984     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027414     Document Type: Article

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