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Novel A14841G mutation is associated with high penetrance of LHON/C4171A family.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 4 Sept 2009
Yang Juhua, Zhu Yihua, Chen Lu, Zhang Hongxing, Tong Yi, Huang Dinggou, Zhang Zhiqiang, Chen Shi, Han Xiaoli, Ma Xu
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We report the clinical and genetic characterization of a Chinese LHON family carrying an ND1/C4171A mutation. This family has high penetrance of visual impairment and extremely low frequency of vision recovery, which is in marked contrast to previously reported results for Korean LHON families with the same mutation. Sequence analysis of the complete mtDNA in the partially defined East Asian haplogroup N9a1...
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