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Toxic and nutritional factors trigger Leber hereditary optic neuropathy due to a mitochondrial tRNA mutation.
Clinical genetics - 1 Oct 2022
Vela-Sebastián Ana, López-Gallardo Ester, Emperador Sonia, Hernández-Ainsa Carmen, Pacheu-Grau David, Blanco Ignacio, Ros Andrea, Pascual-Benito Ester, Rabaneda-Lombarte Neus, Presas-Rodríguez Silvia, García-Robles Pilar, Montoya Julio, Ruiz-Pesini Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy is a mitochondrial disease mainly due to pathologic mutations in mitochondrial genes related to the respiratory complex I of the oxidative phosphorylation system. Genetic, physiological, and environmental factors modulate the penetrance of these mutations. We report two patients suffering from this disease and harboring a m.15950G > A mutation in the mitochondrial DNA-encoded...
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