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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and dystonia

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A Leber plus disease characterized by Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and dystonia that has_material_basis_in mutation in the mitochondrial genes MTND6, MTND4, MTND1 or MTND3 that make up the mitochondrial complex I.

Signs and symptoms

  • Visual loss
  • Skeletal muscle atrophy
  • Dysphagia
  • Bradykinesia
  • Scoliosis
  • Abnormality of eye movement
  • Leber optic atrophy
  • Dystonia
  • Dysarthria
  • Increased circulating lactate concentration

Also known as: LDYT; Leber optic atrophy and dystonia; Leber optic atrophy with dystonia; Marsden syndrome; familial dystonia with visual failure and striatal lucencies