Article
[New possibilities in diagnosis of hereditary optic neuropathies].
Vestnik oftalmologii - 1 Jan 2021
Sheremet N L, Krylova T D, Tsygankova P G
Abstract excerpt
The study analyses data from clinical and genetic examination of 114 patients, as well as examination of cytological skin fibroblasts of 20 patients with hereditary optic neuropathy (HON). The clinical examination revealed HON symptoms in all study patients, primary damage of the retinal ganglion cells accompanied by swelling of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in the acute stage of the disease...
Topics
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Humans
- Mutation
- Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber
- Optic Nerve
- Optic Nerve Diseases
- Retinal Ganglion Cells
