title: [A case or Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON): differential diagnosis with post inflammatory atrophy of nerve II using the mtDNA analysis].
abstract: The Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a disease due to a mtDNA mutation. The disorder results from enzymatic perturbations in the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Clinically the LHON may present as a progressive axonal atrophy of the optic nerves with or without other neurological symptoms. The process of reaching the diagnosis of the LHON by means of the molecular analysis of mtDNA is discussed.
authors.affiliation: I Katedry i Kliniki Neurologii Slaskiej AM w Katowicach.
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lubos
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wajgt
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maciejowski
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mroczek-Tońska
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bartnik
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dziekanowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009710:Nucleotide Mapping / Q000379:methods; D029242:Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial