Article
Incidence of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy in 2019 in Japan: a second nationwide questionnaire survey.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 20 Aug 2022
Takano Fumio, Ueda Kaori, Godefrooij Daniel A, Yamagami Akiko, Ishikawa Hiroto, Chuman Hideki, Ishikawa Hitoshi, Ikeda Yasuhiro, Sakamoto Taiji, Nakamura Makoto
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an acute or subacute optic neuropathy that mainly affects young males. The first nationwide epidemiological survey of LHON was conducted in 2014 in Japan, and LHON was officially designated as a rare intractable disease by the Japanese government in 2015. We conducted a second survey of the annual incidence of LHON in 2019, and estimated the total number of...
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