Optic Atrophy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Observation on therapeutic effect of acupuncture for treatment of optic atrophy]

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To search for an effective therapy for patients with optic atrophy to improve the visual function. METHODS: Thirty-eight cases (fifty-four affected eyes) of optic atrophy were treated with acupuncture, local points combined with points ... Read more...

Mitochondrial disorders of the nuclear genome.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial myopathies are regulated by two genomes: the nuclear DNA, and the mitochondrial DNA. While, so far, most studies have dealt with mitochondrial myopathies due to deletions or point mutations in the mitochondrial DNA, a new ... Read more...

Rates of neuroretinal rim and peripapillary atrophy area change: a comparative study of glaucoma patients and normal controls.

29 Apr 2009 OBJECTIVE: To compare the rates of global and sectoral neuroretinal rim area (NRA) and peripapillary atrophy area (PPAA) change in open-angle glaucoma patients and normal control subjects and to determine the relationship between rates of NRA and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Optic Atrophy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Observation on therapeutic effect of acupuncture for treatment of optic atrophy] 30 Aug 2009
• Mitochondrial disorders of the nuclear genome. 29 Jun 2009
• Rates of neuroretinal rim and peripapillary atrophy area change: a comparative study of glaucoma patients and normal controls. 29 Apr 2009
• Retrobulbar optic nerve diameter measured by high-speed magnetic resonance imaging as a biomarker for axonal loss in glaucomatous optic atrophy. 28 Apr 2009
• Lipofuscin and autofluorescence metrics in progressive STGD. 20 Apr 2009
• In vivo imaging of foveal sparing in geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration. 30 Mar 2009
• Morphological changes in the visual pathway induced by experimental glaucoma in Japanese monkeys. 29 Mar 2009
• Acute and late-onset optic atrophy due to a novel OPA1 mutation leading to a mitochondrial coupling defect. 25 Mar 2009
• Mitochondrial disorder with OPA1 mutation lacking optic atrophy. 18 Mar 2009
• [Ophthalmological symptoms as key findings in neurosyphilis--diagnosis and therapy] 15 Mar 2009
• Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type III (CLAM): extended phenotype and novel molecular findings. 12 Mar 2009
• Spastic paraplegia, optic atrophy, and neuropathy: new observations, locus refinement, and exclusion of candidate genes. 2 Mar 2009
• Visual outcomes in patients with paranasal mucoceles. 27 Feb 2009
• GAPO syndrome associated with dilated cardiomyopathy: an unreported association. 27 Feb 2009
• Triple A or Allgrove syndrome. A case report with ophthalmic abnormalities and a novel mutation in the AAAS gene. 27 Feb 2009
• Peripapillary atrophy in Stargardt disease. 30 Jan 2009
• Carpenter syndrome. 30 Dec 2008
• [Physiotherapeutic correction of visual functions in rehabilitation of patients after phacoemulsification of cataract with concomitant ophthalmopathology] 30 Dec 2008
• Abnormal optic disc and retinal vessels in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus. 21 Dec 2008
• Psychiatric symptoms in a patient with Wolfram syndrome caused by a combination of thalamic deficit and endocrinological pathologies. 15 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Optic Atrophy'

Definition: Atrophy of the optic disk which may be congenital or acquired. This condition indicates a deficiency in the number of nerve fibers which arise in the RETINA and converge to form the OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC CHIASM; and optic tracts. GLAUCOMA; ISCHEMIA; inflammation, a chronic elevation of intracranial pressure, toxins, optic nerve compression, and inherited conditions (see OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY) are relatively common causes of this condition.

Descriptor UI: D009896

Alternative terms: Optic Atrophy; Atrophy, Optic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.292.700.225; C11.640.451;

Technical Notes: /genet permitted but do not confuse with OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY