Article
No evidence of association between optic neuritis and secondary LHON mtDNA mutations in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Mitochondrion - 1 Sept 2017
Andalib Sasan, Talebi Mahnaz, Sakhinia Ebrahim, Farhoudi Mehdi, Sadeghi-Bazargani Homayoun, Masoudian Nooshin, Vafaee Manouchehr Seyedi, Gjedde Albert
Abstract excerpt
Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) shares features with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Both diseases develop optic lesions. Frequent secondary LHON mutations in MS patients may explain the optic damage. Here, we tested the hypothesis that secondary LHON mutations are associated with optic neuritis (ON) in MS patients. We recruited 56 MS subjects with ON and 47 MS subjects without ON. DNA was extracted by...
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