Three Cases of Leber's Hereditary Optic Atrophy in One Family.

Park, Jae Cheun; Lee, Joo Hwa; Chang, Won Ui

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1980;21(3):361-365.
Published online March 1, 1980.

Three Cases of Leber's Hereditary Optic Atrophy in One Family.

Jae Cheun Park, Joo Hwa Lee, Won Ui Chang

Department of Ophthalmology, Capital Armed Forces General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

일가족에 나타난 Leber 시신경 위축 3예

장원의(Won Ui Chang),이주화(Joo Hwa Lee),박제천(Jae Chun Park)

Abstract

The authors have experienced with three cases of Leber's hereditary optic atrophy one family which is a relatively rare condition characterized by acute or subacute failrure of central vision presenting as a retrobulbar neuritis or optic atrophy typically inypung males in late teens or in the early twenties, though the age range is very wide. The literature relating to Leber's hereditary optic atrophy was briefly reviewed.

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