Childhood Leber hereditary optic neuropathy. A case of a 6-year-old girl with loss of vision;Neuropathie optique de Leber de l'enfance. A propos d'un cas de baisse d'acuité visuelle chez une enfant de 6 ans

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1063-1066

  Balayre, S ^a   Gicquel, J J ^a   Mercie, M ^a   Dighiero, P ^a  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Central scotoma; Hereditary optical atrophy; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Low visual acuity; Mitochondrial DNA; Primary mutation G11778A

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROPLASMY; HOMOPLASY; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0345871286     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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