| Identifier |
Sadun_68 |
| Title |
Toxic Optic Neuropathies: Mitochondria and the RGC |
| Subject |
Optic Nerve; Optic Disc; Retinal Ganglion Cells; Reactive Oxygen Species; Blindness; Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Apoptosis; Dyschromatopsia; Optic Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant; Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Toxic Optic Neuropathy; Alcoholic Neuropathy; Brazil; Cuba; Linezolid; Ethambutol; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Toxic |
| Creator |
Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC |
| Description |
Discussion of various forms of mitrochondrial optic neuropathies and how to distinguish from toxic optic neuropathies, with examples from Cuba and Brazil; includes images of optic disc showing LHON. Presenting Symptom: Blindness; Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Apoptosis; Dyschromatopsia. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxygen species. Pathology: LHON and Ethambutol slides. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant; Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Toxic optic neuropathy; Alcoholic neuropathy |
| References |
Huang et al, Science (1991) 254: 1178-1181 |
| Contributor |
Metadata cataloger: Ken Rockwell, Associate Librarian, Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Format Creation |
Created in Microsoft PowerPoint |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| Contributing Institution |
Doheny Eye Institute; University of Southern California. Dept. of Opthalmology; University of Southern California. Dept. of Neurological Surgery |
| Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
| Language |
eng |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6sr1x0s |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_aas |
| Date Created |
2008-04-15 |
| Date Modified |
2021-08-11 |
| ID |
177103 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sr1x0s |
