Treatment of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy: Theory to practice

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-38

  Johns, Donald R ^a   Colby, Kathryn A ^a  

^a HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Glaucoma; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BRIMONIDINE; CREATINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GENE PRODUCT; MEMANTINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MODAFINIL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SELEGILINE; TOPIRAMATE; UBIQUINONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOME; GLAUCOMA; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROPROTECTION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0036492205     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/soph.17.1.33.10288     Document Type: Review

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