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Abstract
Hereditary conditions that feature progressive visual loss in association with optic atrophy. Relatively common forms include autosomal dominant optic atrophy (OPTIC ATROPHY, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT) and Leber hereditary optic atrophy (OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER).
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- Hereditary Optic Atrophy
- Optic Atrophies, Hereditary
- Optic Atrophy, Hereditary
- Atrophies, Hereditary Optic
- Atrophy, Hereditary Optic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000(1989)
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Previous Indexing
- Optic Atrophy/genetics (1966-1988)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hereditary Optic Atrophies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015418. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015418
- Hereditary Optic Atrophies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54087187