Subclinical Visual Abnormalities in Carriers With 11778 LHON from a 300 Member Brazilian Pedigree

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Identifier Sadun_64
Title Subclinical Visual Abnormalities in Carriers With 11778 LHON from a 300 Member Brazilian Pedigree
Creator Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD
Affiliation (AAS) Flora L. Thornton Chair, Doheny Eye Institute, and Vice-Chair of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California
Subject Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Optic Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant; Optic Nerve; Optic Disk; Myelin Sheath; Retinal Ganglion Cells; Reactive Oxygen Species; Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Blindness; Brazil
Description Report of a multi-year international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic roots. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Blindness. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxygen species. Pathology: Slides showing LHON and Kjer's optic atrophy. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Optic Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - Alfredo A. Sadun Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Sadun/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6tq8z35
Setname ehsl_novel_aas
ID 177095
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tq8z35
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