Leber hereditary optic neuropathy: Biochemical lights in a blurry scenario

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 711-712

  Hirano, Michio ^a   DiMauro, Salvatore ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTON PUMP; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); RIBOZYME; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UBIDECARENONE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

APOPTOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER;

EID: 18544372631     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.5.711     Document Type: Editorial

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