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Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy with intracranial arteriovenous malformation: a case report.
Acta neurologica Belgica - 1 Jun 2002
Fujitake Junko, Mizuta Haruo, Fujii Hayato, Ishikawa Yasuhiro, Sasamoto Kenji, Goto Yu-ichi, Nonaka Ikuya, Tatsuoka Yoshihisa
Abstract excerpt
We reported a patient with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) with an intracranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Genetic analysis of this patient revealed a point mutation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) at nucleotide position 11,778 in the ND4 subunit of complex I. Although the relationship between intracranial AVM and mtDNA mutations remains uncertain, some patients with intracranial AVM may be...
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