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Genotype-phenotype and OCT correlations in Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy related to OPA1 gene mutations: Report of 13 Italian families.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Nov 2017
Pretegiani E, Rosini F, Rufa A, Gallus G N, Cardaioli E, Da Pozzo P, Bianchi S, Serchi V, Collura M, Franceschini R, Bianchi Marzoli S, Dotti M T, Federico A
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in OPA1 are responsible of 32-89% cases of Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy (ADOA). OPA1 ADOA usually presents in childhood with bilateral, progressive visual loss due to retinal ganglion cells neurodegeneration, but environmental factors are supposed to influence onset and phenotype. Sixty Italian OPA1 mutations carriers (fifty-two symptomatic), belonging to thirteen families, underwent...
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