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atrophy of the optic disk resulting from degeneration of the nerve fibers of the optic nerve and optic tract.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Optic atrophy 1 — (autosomal dominant) Identifiers Symbols OPA1; FLJ12460; KIAA0567; MGM1; NPG; NTG; largeG External IDs … Wikipedia
Optic atrophy — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = The left optic nerve and the optic tracts. DiseasesDB = 9241 ICD10 = ICD10|H|47|2|h|46 ICD9 = ICD9|377.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D009896 Optic atrophy is the… … Wikipedia
optic atrophy — ▪ pathology degeneration of the optic nerve (the second cranial nerve) due to direct or indirect damage to a particular type of retinal (retina) cell, called ganglion cells, whose axonal (axon) projections collectively make up the optic… … Universalium
optic atrophy — degeneration of the optic nerve. It may be secondary to disease within the eye or it may follow damage to the nerve itself resulting from injury or inflammation. It is visible as pallor of the optic nerve as viewed inside the eye with an… … The new mediacal dictionary
optic atrophy — noun : degeneration of the optic nerve … Useful english dictionary
primary optic atrophy — optic atrophy in which the optic disk is characterized by sharp margins, enlarged physiologic cup, enhanced visibility of the lamina cribrosa, and a white color. Severe primary optic atrophy secondary to multiple episodes of optic neuritis … Medical dictionary
secondary optic atrophy — optic atrophy in which the optic disk is characterized by blurred margins, poor visibility of the lamina cribrosa, filling in of the physiologic cup, and gray white glial tissue on its surface and along its blood vessels; called also gray a … Medical dictionary
Mental retardation with optic atrophy, deafness & seizures — A disorder first reported in 1999 by Gustavson and colleagues as a newly recognized X linked mental retardation syndrome. In the family they studied there were 7 male children in 2 generations with the syndrome. The affected males were… … Medical dictionary
Leber hereditary optic atrophy — Leber optic atrophy see under neuropathy … Medical dictionary
Optic neuropathy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 H46 The optic nerve contains axons of nerve cells that emerge from the retina, leave the eye at the optic disc, and go to the visual cortex where input from the eye is processed into vision. There are… … Wikipedia
