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ArticleBalkan medical journal2012

Results of Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Analysis in Patients with Clinically Diagnosed Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.

Hakan Gürkan, Sadık Altan Ozal, Haluk Esgin

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Article in Balkan medical journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hakan GürkanDepartment of Medical Biology, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Sadık Altan OzalDepartment of Ophtalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
Haluk EsginDepartment of Ophtalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
Trakya University · TRIstanbul University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate possible mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in patients with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) in order to provide a precise diagnosis and genetic counseling. MATERIAL AND

methodsBetween 1982 and 2007, ten patients were clinically diagnosed with LHON and six of these patients agreed to be involved in this study. Six healthy individuals were also included as a control group. mtDNA was isolated from peripheral blood samples and polymerase chain reaction and mtDNA sequence analysis were performed.

resultsIn one of the six patients, a homoplasmic mutant m.11778G>A mutation was detected. All of the clinically diagnosed LHON patients and the control groups had the m.14212C>T and m.14580G>A single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The m.11719A>G SNP was detected in three of six patients and four of the controls. Two of the six patients had the m.3197T>C SNP and, in addition, the m.14258G>A SNP was found in one of these two patients, while neither of these mutations were present in the control group.

conclusionThe clinical diagnosis of LHON could be supported by molecular genetics only in one patient by the detection of one mutation. The m.3197T>C and m.14258G>A SNPs should be considered as potential mtDNA mutations due to the fact that they were detected in the patient group. These mutations should be investigated further in large case groups for suspected gene loci that could lead to optic neuropathy.

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familial optic atrophyLeber’s hereditary optic neuropathymitochondrial DNAmitochondrial DNA mutationssingle nucleotide polymorphism

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PMID25207020
PMCPMC4115833
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