Is all nondefinable optic atrophy Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy?

doi:10.1016/0039-6257(94)90160-0

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Is all nondefinable optic atrophy Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy?

Survey of ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2000

Swartz N, Savino P J

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Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy has been considered a bilateral, sequential hereditary optic neuropathy occurring overwhelmingly in young men. Until recently the diagnosis has been based on clinical criteria: severe loss of vision associated with central scotomas and classic ophthalmoscopic f...

Topics

Child
DNA, Mitochondrial
Female
Fundus Oculi
Humans
Mutation
Optic Atrophies, Hereditary
Optic Disk
Visual Fields

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