[Positive diagnosis of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy using molecular genetics].

Abstract excerpt

INTRODUCTION: Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a bilateral optic atrophy, more common in males than in females. No specific clinical feature or biologic test exists to evidence LHON. We report here the case of a man affected with a nonfamilial bilateral optic atrophy, whose diagnosti...

Topics

• Adult
• DNA, Mitochondrial
• Humans
• Male
• Molecular Biology
• Mutation
• Optic Atrophies, Hereditary
• Polymerase Chain Reaction