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Spectrum of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations and clinical features in Japanese families with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.
Current eye research - 1 Apr 1998
Mashima Y, Yamada K, Wakakura M, Kigasawa K, Kudoh J, Shimizu N, Oguchi Y
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate the incidence and clinical significance of primary or proposed secondary mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in Japanese patients with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). METHODS: Blood samples from the 80 unrelated Japanese patients with bilateral optic atrophy were screened for primary LHON mutations. Patients found to have a primary LHON mutation were then tested for 9 proposed...
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