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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) in Brazil: Opportunities | Report of an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic roots. Presented at Allergan, 2006. Includes several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Myelin sheath; Optic Disk. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, H... | Text |
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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON): New Rules of Engagement | Slide presentation with several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxygen species. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Blindness. | Text |
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Mitochondria and the RGC | Discussion of various forms of mitrochondrial optic neuropathies and how to distinguish from toxic optic neuropathies, with examples from Cuba and Brazil. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Apoptosis; Dyschromatopsia. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxyge... | Text |
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Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy: Mitochondria as Gatekeepers for Apoptosis | Presentation at Harvard in 2006, focussing on Leber's Heriditary Optic Neuropathy; includes several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk; Retinal ganglion cells. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom:... | Text |
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Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy: Mitochondria as Gatekeepers for Apoptosis | Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxygen species. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Toxic optic neuropathy. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Dyschromatopsia. | Text |
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Optic Nerve Tumors: Diagnosis and Therapy | Powerppoint lecture covers a patient case, differential diagnosis, and optic nerve anatomy. Also includes examination information, fundus images and visual field defects. Presenting Symptom: Proptosis; Hemianopsia; Scotoma. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Structure of pituitary fossa; Optic nerve sheath. Dise... | Text |
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Prognosis for Vision in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) | Treatment options for Pseudotumor cerebri and Papilledema; includes images of optic disc with edema. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma. Anatomy: Optic disc; Optic nerve. Pathology: Microscopic view of papilledema. Disease/Diagnosis: Pseudotumor cerebri; Papilledema. Treatment: Acetazolamide; Ventriculoper... | Text |
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Why You Should Prescribe Goggles to a Box Jellyfish | A discussion of the box jellyfish eye and visual system. Anatomy: Retina; Lens, Crystalline. | Text |