ALLMedicine™ Optic Atrophy Center

Jan 23rd, 2023 - Background Compressive optic neuropathy (CON) is caused by injury to the optic nerve by an extrinsic lesion. [1] The primary function of the optic nerve is to transmit visual information from the retina to the brain. The optic nerve contains the a...

Jan 23rd, 2023 - Background Compressive optic neuropathy (CON) is caused by injury to the optic nerve by an extrinsic lesion. [1] The primary function of the optic nerve is to transmit visual information from the retina to the brain. The optic nerve contains the a...

Jan 23rd, 2023 - Background Compressive optic neuropathy (CON) is caused by injury to the optic nerve by an extrinsic lesion.[1] The primary function of the optic nerve is to transmit visual information from the retina to the brain. The optic nerve contains the ax...

Jan 21st, 2023 - A clinical and genetic study was conducted with pediatric patients and their relatives with optic atrophy 1 (OPA1) mutations to establish whether there is a genotype-phenotype correlation among the variants detected within and between families. El...

Jan 10th, 2023 - Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders with accumulation of iron in the brain, mostly basal ganglia. Mutations within C19orf12 have recently been identified in patients with NBIA. This C1...

Jan 10th, 2023 - Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders with accumulation of iron in the brain, mostly basal ganglia. Mutations within C19orf12 have recently been identified in patients with NBIA. This C1...

Dec 21st, 2022 - Wolfram syndrome (WFS:OMIM 222300) is a group of inherited disorders that usually appear in childhood and cause diabetes, optic atrophy leading to loss of vision, deafness and often diabetes insipidus. Wolfram syndrome affected no more than 0.2 in...

Dec 19th, 2022 - Open label, phase II study non randomized single group assignment of 20 evaluable patients 13 years and older, over 37,5 kg body-weight, with sensorineural hearing loss of at least 20 dB at 8 kHz in high frequency average (HFA), AND with documente...

Dec 7th, 2022 - Visual impairment is one of the ten most prevalent disabilities and poses extraordinary challenges to individuals in our society, which is heavily dependent on sight. Drug development and genetic engineering have had only marginal success as possi...

Nov 28th, 2022 - Eyes with loss of vision from retinal or optic nerve conditions generally considered irreversible will be treated with a combination of injections of autologous bone marrow derived stem cells isolated from the bone marrow using standard medical an...

Mar 21st, 2022 - Subacute combined degeneration (SCD) is an acquired neurologic complication of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) or, rarely, vitamin B9 (folate) deficiency. SCD is characterized by progressive demyelination of the dorsal and lateral spinal cord, resulting i.

Aug 4th, 2020 - Cachexia is an underappreciated complication of systemic lupus erythematosus, researchers reported. A total of 56.3% of patients developed the involuntary weight loss accompanied by loss of homeostatic control of protein and energy balance within ...

Sep 25th, 2019 - Question 1 of 2 Which of the following conditions is not associated with congenital LQTS? Your Peers Chose: Congenital sensorineural hearing loss 0% Congenital optic atrophy 0% Syncopal attacks 0% Seizures 0% Sudden cardiac death 0% Important clue...

Mar 4th, 2019 - To the Editor: In 1995, one of the authors (A. G.

Mar 4th, 2019 - To the Editor: In 1995, one of the authors (A. G.