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. 1996 Aug;59(2):481–485.

Primary pathogenic mtDNA mutations in multigeneration pedigrees with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy.

D A Mackey, R J Oostra, T Rosenberg, E Nikoskelainen, J Bronte-Stewart, J Poulton, A E Harding, G Govan, P A Bolhuis, S Norby
PMCID: PMC1914749  PMID: 8755941

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