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Juvenile open-angle Glaucoma associated with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy: a case report and literature review
1 Dec 2018
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited recessive disease rarely complicated with glaucoma. We conducted a clinical and genetic retrospective case series to describe three cases of juvenile open-angle glaucoma (JOAG) and an ND4 m11778G > A mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation, which is pathognomonic for LHON. CASE PRESENTATION: Patient 1 was a 16-year-old boy diagnosed with...
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