Peripheral nervous system involvement in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, CHU Toulouse (Purpan Hospital), Bâtiment Pierre Paul Riquet, 1 Place Du Docteur Baylac, 31300 Toulouse, France.
² Department of Neurology, CHU Poitiers, 2 rue de la Milétrie, 86000 Poitiers, France.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, CHU Poitiers, University of Poitiers, 2 rue de la Milétrie, 86021 Poitiers, France.
⁴ Department of Genetics, CHU Limoges, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87000 Limoges, France.
⁵ Department of Neurology, 'Centre de référence neuropathies périphériques rares', CHU Limoges, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87000 Limoges, France.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit, CHU Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), University of Bordeaux, Place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33000 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address: stephane.mathis@chu-bordeaux.fr.

Case Reports

Jonathan Ciron et al. J Neurol Sci. 2018.

. 2018 May 15:388:94-96.

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.002. Epub 2018 Mar 2.

¹ Department of Neurology, CHU Toulouse (Purpan Hospital), Bâtiment Pierre Paul Riquet, 1 Place Du Docteur Baylac, 31300 Toulouse, France.
² Department of Neurology, CHU Poitiers, 2 rue de la Milétrie, 86000 Poitiers, France.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, CHU Poitiers, University of Poitiers, 2 rue de la Milétrie, 86021 Poitiers, France.
⁴ Department of Genetics, CHU Limoges, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87000 Limoges, France.
⁵ Department of Neurology, 'Centre de référence neuropathies périphériques rares', CHU Limoges, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87000 Limoges, France.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit, CHU Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), University of Bordeaux, Place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33000 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address: stephane.mathis@chu-bordeaux.fr.

No abstract available

Keywords: Amyotrophy; Leber; Nerve biopsy; Neuropathy.

Comment in

Neuropathy of peripheral nerves in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.
Finsterer J, Zarrouk-Mahjoub S. Finsterer J, et al. J Neurol Sci. 2018 Jul 15;390:193-194. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.04.041. Epub 2018 Apr 26. J Neurol Sci. 2018. PMID: 29801884 No abstract available.