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Visual recovery patterns in children with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.
International ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2001
Acaroğlu G, Kansu T, Doğulu C F
Abstract excerpt
Three patients with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) showed spontaneous improvement in visual acuities after months of legal blindness. Two male patients with bilateral subacute visual loss were 14 years of age at presentation. The first male patient had a mitochondrial DNA mutation at nucleotide position 11778. The second male patient was found to be negative for the designated primary mutations...
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