ND4L gene concurrent 10609T>C and 10663T>C mutations are associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy in a large pedigree from Kuwait

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 826-831

  Behbehani, Raed ^a   Melhem, Motasem ^a   Alghanim, Ghazi ^a   Behbehani, Kazem ^b   Alsmadi, Osama ^a  

^a Dasman Institute   (Kuwait)

^b Dasman Diabetes Institute   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYTOSINE; ISOLEUCINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ND4L GENE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

KUWAIT; LHON; MUTATION; ND4L; PEDIGREE;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901642934     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304140     Document Type: Article

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