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Familial non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie - 1 Sept 2008
Hayreh Sohan Singh, Fingert John H, Stone Edwin, Jacobson Daniel M
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PURPOSE: Primary objective was to investigate clinical characteristics of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION) in three families; secondarily, to test these families for a previously detected mitochondrial mutation in a pedigree with familial NA-AION. METHODS: Study comprised three families where more than one member developed NA-AION. All patients with NA-AION had a detailed ophthalmic,...
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