Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup Background Affects LHON, but Not Suspected LHON, in Chinese Patients

A-Mei Zhang; Xiaoyun Jia; Rui Bi; Antonio Salas; Shiqiang Li; Xueshan Xiao; Panfeng Wang; Xiangming Guo; Qing-Peng Kong; Qingjiong Zhang; Yong-Gang Yao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027750

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Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup Background Affects LHON, but Not Suspected LHON, in Chinese Patients

A-Mei Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: A-Mei Zhang, Xiaoyun Jia

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, China, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xiaoyun Jia ,

Contributed equally to this work with: A-Mei Zhang, Xiaoyun Jia

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Rui Bi,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, China, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Antonio Salas,

Affiliation Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Medicina Legal and Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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Shiqiang Li,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xueshan Xiao,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Panfeng Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiangming Guo,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Qing-Peng Kong,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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Qingjiong Zhang ,

* E-mail: qingjiongzhang@yahoo.com (QZ); ygyaozh@yahoo.com (Y-GY)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Yong-Gang Yao

* E-mail: qingjiongzhang@yahoo.com (QZ); ygyaozh@yahoo.com (Y-GY)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, China
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Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup Background Affects LHON, but Not Suspected LHON, in Chinese Patients

A-Mei Zhang,
Xiaoyun Jia,
Rui Bi,
Antonio Salas,
Shiqiang Li,
Xueshan Xiao,
Panfeng Wang,
Xiangming Guo,
Qing-Peng Kong,
Qingjiong Zhang

Published: November 15, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027750

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