About The Medical Condition Optic Atrophy, Leber, Hereditary
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Optic Atrophy, Leber, Hereditary
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Optic Atrophy, Leber, Hereditary?
A maternally linked genetic disorder that presents in mid-life as acute or subacute central vision loss leading to central scotoma and blindness. The disease has been associated with missense mutations in the mtDNA, in genes for Complex I, III, and IV polypeptides, that can act autonomously or in association with each other to cause the disease. (from Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/, MIM#535000 (April 17, 2001))
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