Mitochondrial Disease and Glaucoma

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Identifier 20150226_nanos_neurologyofglaucoma1_16
Title Mitochondrial Disease and Glaucoma
Creator Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Chiara La Morgia, and Rustum Karanjia
Subject Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathies; Glaucoma; Dominant Optic Atrophy
Description MON represent a group of optic neuropathies that can be genetic, nutritional or toxic in basis2-4. For example, hereditary mitochondrial optic neuropathy may be in the autosomal form as DOA or maternally inherited through mtDNA mutations as LHON. In the former case, over 212 mutations have been described. There are 3 major mtDNA mutations that produce LHON.
Date 2015-02-26
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2015 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 2015 Glaucoma: The Other Optic Neuropathy
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 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6768n6b
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Primary Helen V. Danesh-Meyer
Contributor Secondary Mark L. Moster
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 185066
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6768n6b
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