Axonal degeneration in peripheral nerves in a case of leber hereditary optic neuropathy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-11

  Mnatsakanyan, Lilit ^a   Ross Cisneros, Fred N ^a   Carelli, Valerio ^b   Wang, Michelle Y ^a   Sadun, Alfredo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AXOPLASM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CAMERA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE; NERVE FASCICLE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 79952167693     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3181fab1b4     Document Type: Article

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