Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy - The spectrum of mitochondrial DNA mutations in Chinese patients

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-51

  Yen, May Yung ^a,b   Wang, An Guor ^a   Chang, Wei Ling ^a   Hsu, Wen Ming ^a   Liu, Jorn Hon ^a   Wei, Yau Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Haplogroup; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Mitochondrial DNA; Mutation spectrum

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036187340     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(01)00460-9     Document Type: Article

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