Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

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BACKGROUND: Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a cause of inherited blindness that typically presents with bilateral, painless, subacute visual failure in young adult males. Males are about four times more likely to be affected than females and 95% of LHON carriers become affected before the age of 50. Affected patients may have characteristic ocular fundal appearances and have evidence of optic nerve...

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