Toxic Optic Neuropathies: Mitochondria and the RGC

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Identifier Sadun_68
Title Toxic Optic Neuropathies: Mitochondria and the RGC
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 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
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
Date 2006-03-16
References Huang et al, Science (1991) 254: 1178-1181
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
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sr1x0s
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