Acute leber hereditary optic neuropathy in a 73-year-old man [15]

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 859-860

  Buchan, J C ^a   Ong, C ^a   Dabbs, T R ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LETTER; MALE; OPTIC DISK; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

EID: 34250308865     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702729     Document Type: Letter

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