How Similar are Ethambutol-Induced Optic Neuropathy and Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy?

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Identifier 20110208_nanos_posters_034
Title How Similar are Ethambutol-Induced Optic Neuropathy and Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy?
Creator Jin Choi; Seong Wook Park; Ji Woong Chang; Seong-Joon Kim
Affiliation (JC) Department of Ophthalmology Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; (SWP) (SK) Department of Ophthalmology Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul Artificial Eye Center Seoul National University Hospital Clinical Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea; (JWC) Department of Ophthalmology Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Republic of Korea
Subject Ethambutol-Induced Optic Neuropathy; Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy; Visual Loss; Visual Field Defect; Visual Recovery
Description It is known that toxic optic neuropathy and hereditary optic neuropathy have similar clinical characteristics. By comparing ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy (EON) and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), the representative diseases of each entity, respectively, we studied their similarities and differences.
Date 2011-02-08
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2011 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2011: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6z92jwb
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181647
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z92jwb
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