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Leber's optic neuropathy associated with disseminated white matter disease: a case report and review.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2009
Perez F, Anne O, Debruxelles S, Menegon P, Lambrecq V, Lacombe D, Martin-Negrier M L, Brochet B, Goizet C
Abstract excerpt
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), a mitochondrial disease, is clinically characterized by a bilateral subacute loss of central vision consecutive to optic nerve involvement. In some cases of LHON, neurological features are reported including multiple sclerosis-like (MSL) phenotype. We report one additional male patient displaying LHON-MSL associated with the prevalent G11778A mutation and review the...
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