Parsing the differences in affected with LHON: Genetic versus environmental triggers of disease conversion

Brain

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e17-

  Carelli, Valerio ^a,b   D'Adamo, Pio ^c,d   Valentino, Maria Lucia ^a,b   La Morgia, Chiara ^a,b   Ross Cisneros, Fred N ^e   Caporali, Leonardo ^a   Maresca, Alessandra ^a,b   Polosa, Paola Loguercio ^f   Barboni, Piero ^g   De Negri, Annamaria ^h   Sadun, Federico ⁱ   Karanjia, Rustum ^j   Salomao, Solange R ^k   Berezovsky, Adriana ^k   Chicani, Filipe ^k   Moraes, Milton ^l   Filho, Milton Moraes ^l   Belfort, Rubens ^k   Sadun, Alfredo A ^e,j  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^e DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^g SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Azienda San Camillo Forlanini   (Italy)

ⁱ Ospedale San Giovanni Evangelista   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^l Instituto de Olhos de Colatina   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOPSY; BRAZILIAN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANIMAL; OPTIC ATROPHY, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; OPTIC ATROPHY, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER;

EID: 84964650716     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv339     Document Type: Letter

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