Medical Management of Hereditary Optic Neuropathies

Hereditary optic neuropathies are diseases affecting the optic nerve. The most common are mitochondrial hereditary optic neuropathies, i.e., the maternally inherited Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and dominant optic atrophy (DOA). They both share a mitochondrial pathogenesis that leads t...

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Main Authors: La Morgia, Chiara, Carbonelli, Michele, Barboni, Piero, Sadun, Alfredo Arrigo, Carelli, Valerio
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4117178/