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 |