The results of Yu-Wai-Man and colleagues confirm the syndromic association of extraocular features with mitochondrial diseases affecting the optic nerve. The search for further genes involved in ...

On further inquiry, the child reported intermittent headaches ... mildly hyperemic, swollen optic discs with edema of the nerve fiber layer that obscured their margins (Figures 1 and 2).

A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has been left blind because he would only eat burgers and doughnuts. The unnamed child who lived in the US ...

[2] Without looking for other less obvious "clues" in the retina and choroid, the striking appearance of a bilateral swelling of the optic nerve heads can misdirect investigation toward less ...

a group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss due to a damaged optic nerve. Dr Ling said: “The more premature and lower the baby’s birth weight is, the higher the risk. Children born as ...

Some common eye diseases are refractive errors, cataracts, optic nerve disorders like glaucoma, retinal d ...

The hypothesis that it disrupts the function of retinal ganglion cell axons by increasing mechanical forces on the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve head has received considerable experimental ...

With neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, your body's immune system attacks healthy nerves by mistake and causes damage to the central nervous system aside from the optic nerve. Swelling and ...

Doctors are raising awareness of a type of eating disorder after seeing a case of a 17-year-old left with permanent 'blind ...

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss due to damage to the optic nerve, which transmits ... While ...

The retina contains millions of cells that perceive light, color, and fine details in the things you see. A number of ...