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Cell response to oxidative stress induced apoptosis in patients with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
17 Nov 2004
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OBJECTIVES: Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited disease in which acute or subacute bilateral visual loss occurs preferentially in young men. Over 95% of LHON cases are associated with one of three mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations, but only 50% of men and 10% of women who harbour a pathogenetic mtDNA mutation develop optic neuropathy. This incomplete penetrance and...
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