Erythromycin Can Precipitate the Onset of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

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Identifier 20040331_nanos_posters_047
Title Erythromycin Can Precipitate the Onset of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Creator Lam, Byron L; Corneliu C Luca, Corneliu C; Morales, Carlos T
Subject Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy; erythromycin
Description The age of onset and severity of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) are unpredictable and have beenattributed to genetic background as well as to environmental factors. Drugs that directly affect mitochondrial function can also precipitate the onset of a mitochondrial disease. The best examples include aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss and AZT myopathy.
Date 2004-03-31
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2004 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2004: 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 2004. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6x383zr
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181508
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x383zr
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