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. 1997 Jun;60(6):1539–1542. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9297(07)64248-7

Disease relevance of the so-called secondary Leber hereditary optic neuropathy mutations.

S Hofmann, R Bezold, M Jaksch, P Kaufhold, B Obermaier-Kusser, K D Gerbitz
PMCID: PMC1716111  PMID: 9199577

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