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. 1995 Feb;32(2):81–87. doi: 10.1136/jmg.32.2.81

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy: the clinical relevance of different mitochondrial DNA mutations.

P Riordan-Eva 1, A E Harding 1
PMCID: PMC1050224  PMID: 7760326

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