Article
Clinical course of a cohort in the Cuban epidemic optic and peripheral neuropathy.
Neurology - 1 Jan 1997
Mojon D S, Kaufmann P, Odel J G, Lincoff N S, Márquez-Fernandez M, Santiesteban R, Fuentes-Pelier D, Hirano M
Abstract excerpt
Nearly 51,000 Cubans were afflicted during an outbreak of an optic neuropathy (ON) and peripheral neuropathy (PN) between 1991 and 1993. We re-examined 14 of 20 affected individuals 16 months after an initial evaluation. The optic features were painless symmetric vision loss with poor visual acui...
Topics
- Adult
- Cohort Studies
- Color Perception
- Cuba
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Disease Outbreaks
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neurologic Examination
- Optic Atrophies, Hereditary