Article
[Leber's optic neuropathy: a case report].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Pato-Pato A, Cimas-Hernando I, Lorenzo-González J R
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Leber's optic neuropathy is a hereditary disease that mainly affects young males and is produced by specific mutations of the mitochondrial DNA, which affect the complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. CASE REPORT: An 18-year-old male who presented with a 3-week history of progressive loss of sight in the right eye. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed numerous hyperintense...
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