LETTER TOTHE EDITOR Parsing the differences in affected with LHON: genetic versus environmental triggers of disease conversion
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1 IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy 2 Neurology Unit, Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 3 Medical Genetics, Department of Reproductive Sciences, Development and Public Health, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy 4 IRCCS-Burlo Garofolo Children Hospital, Trieste, Italy 5 Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA 6 Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy 7 IRCCS Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milan, Italy 8 Azienda San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy 9 Ospedale San Giovanni Evangelista, Tivoli, Italy 10 Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA 11 Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) and IPEPO (Instituto da Visão), Sao Paulo, Brazil 12 Instituto de Olhos de Colatina, Colatina, Brazil
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Reply: Parsing the differences in affected with LHON: genetic versus environmental triggers of disease conversion.
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