Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy: The spectrum of mitochondrial DNA mutations in Iranian patients

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1011, Issue , 2004, Pages 345-349

  Houshmand, M ^a   Sharifpanah, F ^a   Tabasi, A ^b   Sanati, M H ^a   Vakilian, M ^a   Lavasani, Sh ^a   Joughehdoust, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Mitochondria; Mutation and families; Primary point mutation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

IRANIA;

EID: 2342572779     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1293.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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