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A double mutation (G11778A and G12192A) in mitochondrial DNA associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy and cardiomyopathy.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2003
Mimaki Masakazu, Ikota Akemi, Sato Aya, Komaki Hirofumi, Akanuma Jun, Nonaka Ikuya, Goto Yu-ichi
Abstract excerpt
We report a male patient with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Besides a G11778A mutation in the ND4 gene of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), one of the most common mutations in LHON patients, sequencing of total mtDNA revealed a G12192A mutation in the tRNA (His) gene that was recently noted to be a risk factor for cardiomyopathy. Because no case of LHON presenting with...
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