A Rare Report of Dominant Optic Atrophy/Kjer’s Disease
Sarra Lakrimi, Malik Alkteish, Manal Chafik, Nooh Abutabeekh, Siham Chariba, Asmae Maadane & Rachid Sekhsoukh · Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Ophthalmology · 2023
Dominant optic atrophy (DOA) orKjer's disease, caused by mutations in the OPA1 gene, is an autosomal dominant inherited pathology due to degeneration of retinal ganglion cells leading to loss of optic nerve axons. It manifests itself in atrophy of the optic nerve head, which, tog...
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