Article
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy mitochondrial DNA mutations in multiple sclerosis.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jul 1994
Kellar-Wood H, Robertson N, Govan G G, Compston D A, Harding A E
Abstract excerpt
The observation of a multiple sclerosis (MS)-like illness in patients, particularly women, who carry the most common Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation may indicate a contributory role for mitochondrial genes in genetic susceptibility to MS. We screened 307 unr...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Brain
- Comorbidity
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Diseases in Twins
- Family
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multiple Sclerosis
