Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. A Clinical Case

Leber’s heredltary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrial disease, which leads, in young age, to a gradual bilateral reduction of visual acuity unaccompanied by pain in the eyeballs. At present, no methods of effective prevention and treatment of LHON are known. The paper presents a clinical cas...

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Main Authors: O. I. Karushin, I. Z. Gafarov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Real Time Ltd 2018-10-01
Series:Российский офтальмологический журнал
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Online Access:https://roj.igb.ru/jour/article/view/32
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Summary:Leber’s heredltary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrial disease, which leads, in young age, to a gradual bilateral reduction of visual acuity unaccompanied by pain in the eyeballs. At present, no methods of effective prevention and treatment of LHON are known. The paper presents a clinical case of LHON in which visual functions improved following a revascularizing operation (optic nerve revascularization combined with therapeutic retrofilling of sclera) which used Alloplant biomaterial // Russian Ophthalmological Journal, 2016; 2: 84-9 . doi: 10.21516/2072-0076-2016-9-2-84-89 .
ISSN:2072-0076
2587-5760