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optic atrophy 5

info ยท Genetic

An optic atrophy characterized by degeneration of retinal ganglion cells resulting in slowly progressive visual loss with variable onset from the first to third decades that has_material_basis_in heterozygous of mutation in DNM1L on chromosome 12p11.21.

Signs and symptoms

  • Abnormality of pattern visual evoked potentials
  • Optic atrophy
  • Optic disc pallor
  • Constriction of peripheral visual field
  • Central scotoma
  • Slow decrease in visual acuity
  • Tritanomaly

Also known as: OPA5