Article
De novo 14484 mitochondrial DNA mutation in monozygotic twins discordant for Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.
Neurology - 1 Oct 1997
Biousse V, Brown M D, Newman N J, Allen J C, Rosenfeld J, Meola G, Wallace D C
Abstract excerpt
Monozygotic twin brothers, clinically discordant for Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), had a heteroplasmic point mutation at position 14484 in the mitochondrial DNA that was not detected in their mother. Moreover, the mutation occurred on the rare European haplogroup X, rather than the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Diseases in Twins
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Optic Atrophies, Hereditary
- Pedigree
- Twins, Monozygotic