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optic atrophy 1

info ยท Genetic

An optic atrophy characterized by early childhood onset of visual impairment, temporal optic disc pallor, color vision deficits, and centrocecal scotoma of variable density that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the OPA1 gene on chromosome 3q29.

Signs and symptoms

  • Tritanomaly
  • Abnormal amplitude of pattern reversal visual evoked potentials
  • Pallor
  • Reduced visual acuity
  • Visual impairment
  • Optic atrophy
  • Central scotoma
  • Centrocecal scotoma
  • Red-green dyschromatopsia
  • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia

Also known as: OPA1