Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber
Synonyms
Disease, Leber's
Diseases, Leber's
Hereditary Optic Neuroretinopathies
Hereditary Optic Neuroretinopathy
Leber Disease
Leber Hereditary Optic Atrophy
Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Leber Optic Atrophy
Leber Optic Atrophy and Dystonia
Leber Optic Neuropathy
Leber's Disease
Leber's Diseases
Leber's Hereditary Optic Atrophy
Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Leber's Optic Atrophy
Leber's Optic Neuropathy
Lebers Disease
Lebers Optic Neuropathy
Neuropathy, Leber's Optic
Neuroretinopathies, Hereditary Optic
Neuroretinopathy, Hereditary Optic
Optic Atrophy, Leber
Optic Atrophy, Leber Type
Optic Atrophy, Leber, Hereditary
Optic Neuropathy, Leber's
Optic Neuroretinopathies, Hereditary
Optic Neuroretinopathy, 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))