Article
Mitochondrial variants may influence the phenotypic manifestation of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy-associated ND4 G11778A mutation.
Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao - 1 Nov 2008
Cai Wanshi, Fu Qun, Zhou Xiangtian, Qu Jia, Tong Yi, Guan Min-Xin
Abstract excerpt
We report here the characterization of a five-generation Han Chinese family with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). Strikingly, this Chinese family displayed high penetrance and expressivity of visual loss. The average age-of-onset of vision loss was 18 years in this family. Nineteen (11...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Child
- China
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Mitochondria
