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More likely than through head trauma: is LHON triggered by mitochondrion-toxic drugs or oxidative stress

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Finsterer, J. More likely than through head trauma: is LHON triggered by mitochondrion-toxic drugs or oxidative stress. Doc Ophthalmol 142, 395–396 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10633-020-09815-7

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