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Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. Clinical manifestations of the 3460 mutation.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Nov 1992
Johns D R, Smith K H, Miller N R
Abstract excerpt
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy is associated with three different point mutations of mitochondrial DNA that appear to be pathogenetic for the disease. These mutations affect nucleotide positions 3460, 11,778, and 15,257. We reviewed the clinical characteristics of 12 visually symptomatic patients from nine families with the 3460 mutation and compared them with previously published characteristics of...
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