Medical management of hereditary optic neuropathies

Medical management of hereditary optic neuropathies

Hereditary optic neuropathies are diseases of the optic nerve. The most common are mitochondrial hereditary optic neuropathies, i.e. the maternally inherited Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) and Dominant Optic Atrophy (DOA). They both share a mitochondrial pathogenesis that leads to the se...

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Main Authors: Chiara eLa Morgia, Michele eCarbonelli, Piero eBarboni, Alfredo Arrigo Sadun, Valerio eCarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Mitochondria
Optic Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant
Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber
Optic Nerve
LHON
OPA1
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00141/full

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