Conditions / Genetic

optic atrophy 12

info ยท Genetic

An optic atrophy that is characterized by slowly progressive visual impairment with onset usually in the first decade and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the AFG3L2 gene on chromosome 18p11.

Signs and symptoms

  • Peripheral axonal neuropathy
  • Gait ataxia
  • CSF oligoclonal immunoglobulin G bands
  • Hypotonia
  • Spastic gait
  • Nystagmus
  • Blindness
  • Photophobia
  • Dyschromatopsia
  • Ophthalmoparesis