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[Leber hereditary optic neuropathy: Usefulness of next generation sequencing to study mitochondrial mutations on apparent homoplasmy].
Medicina clinica - 19 Feb 2016
Carrasco Salas Pilar, Palma Milla Carmen, López Montiel Javier, Benito Carmen, Franco Freire Sara, López Siles Juan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Leber hereditary optic neuropathy is characterized by acute and subacute visual loss, produced by mitochondrial DNA mutations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The molecular study of a family with only one affected member is presented. RESULTS: In the index case and in her mother, the mitochondrial mutation m.11778G>A in the MT-ND4 was detected in the heteroplasmic state. The index case's sister,...
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