[Leber "plus" disease: optic neuropathy, parkinsonian syndrome and supranuclear ophthalmoplegia].

Article

[Leber "plus" disease: optic neuropathy, parkinsonian syndrome and supranuclear ophthalmoplegia].

Revue neurologique - 1 Oct 1997

Thobois S, Vighetto A, Grochowicki M, Godinot C, Broussolle E, Aimard G

Abstract excerpt

A 34-year-old right handed man presented with a bilateral subacute optical neuropathy associated with cervical dystonia, parkinsonism and supranuclear ophtalmoplegia. Magnetic resonance imaging showed in T2 increased intensity of signal in the dorsal mesencephalum and pons as well as in dorsal pa...

Topics

Adult
DNA, Mitochondrial
Humans
Male
Mutation
Ophthalmoplegia
Optic Atrophies, Hereditary
Parkinson Disease, Secondary

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