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LHON
(redirected from Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy)

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LHONLeber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy


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Nine years ago, Wallace and his colleagues discovered the first inherited mitochondrial DNA defect--a mutation that results in a rare form of blindness called Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.
Power failure: what happens when muscle cells run out of fuel by Fackelmann, Kathleen / Science News
Wallace and his colleagues discovered that people suffering Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) have a defect in one mitochondrial gene that codes for a protein involved in the first step of ATP production.
Mom's mitochondria may hold mutation by Young, Patrick / Science News
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