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Subtle neurological and metabolic abnormalities in an Opa1 mouse model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy.
Experimental neurology - 1 Dec 2009
Alavi Marcel V, Fuhrmann Nico, Nguyen Huu Phuc, Yu-Wai-Man Patrick, Heiduschka Peter, Chinnery Patrick F, Wissinger Bernd
Abstract excerpt
The ubiquitously expressed gene OPA1 is the main disease causing gene for autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA). These patients present with bilateral reduction in visual acuity, central visual field defects and impaired color vision, secondary to the progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and subsequent degeneration of the optic nerve. Up to now, it is not clear why a mutation in a ubiquitously...
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