Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: How Do Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Cause Degeneration of the Optic Nerve?
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
- Vol. 29 (2) , 165-173
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1022690030664
Abstract
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an inherited form of bilateral optic atrophy in which the primary etiological event is a mutation in the mitochondrial genome. The optic neuropathy...Keywords
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