Effects of idebenone on color vision in patients with leber hereditary optic neuropathy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-36

  Rudolph, Guenther ^a   Dimitriadis, Konstantinos ^b   Büchner, Boriana ^b   Heck, Suzette ^b   Al Tamami, Jasmina ^b   Seidensticker, Florian ^a   Rummey, Christian ^c   Leinonen, Mika ^d   Meier, Thomas ^c   Klopstock, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Santhera Pharmaceuticals   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATENA; IDEBENONE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTAN COLOR VISION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRITAN COLOR VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN DISEASES, GENETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 84874113243     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318272c643     Document Type: Article

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