Devic's neuromyelitis optica and mitochondrial DNA mutation: a case report.
Cases are described with Leber's optic atrophy and neurological symptoms and/or MRI lesions suggestive of multiple sclerosis. We describe a case of a young woman with Devic's neuromyelitis optica and 3460 homoplasmic mitochondrial DNA mutation.
Ghezzi
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Centro Studi Sclerosi Multipla, Ospedale di Gallarate, Via Pastori 4, I-21013 Gallarate, Italy. centro.sm@libero.it
Baldini
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S
Zaffaroni
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M
Leoni
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G
Koudriavtseva
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T
Casini
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AR
Zeviani
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D000328:Adult; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009154:Mutation; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial