A Case of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Triggered by Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine: Evidence of Pathogenesis of a Novel Mutation

J Neuroophthalmol. 2024 Mar 1;44(1):e201. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001665. Epub 2022 Jul 12.

Authors

Maria Rizk¹, Ibrahim Dunya, Roland Seif, Andre Megarbane, Ama Sadaka

Affiliation

¹ Lebanese American University Medical Center - Rizk Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Human Genetics, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Lebanon; and Lebanese American University Medical Center - Rizk Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, Beirut, Lebanon.

PMID: 35830706
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001665

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics
Humans
Mutation
Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber* / diagnosis
Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber* / genetics

Substances

DNA, Mitochondrial