Optic atrophy

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optic nerve disorder

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• If optic atrophy is present, this small disc will appear pale or white, indicating loss of nerve fibers.
• Although dominant optic atrophy is the most common autosomally inherited optic neuropathy (i.
• A gene for X-linked optic atrophy is closely linked to the Xp11.
• Optic atrophy is the medical term used to describe the loss of some or all of the nerve fibers in the optic nerve.
• 1 ICD-O: {{{ICDO}}} OMIM {{{OMIM}}} DiseasesDB {{{DiseasesDB}}} MedlinePlus {{{MedlinePlus}}} eMedicine {{{eMedicineSubj}}}/{{{eMedicineTopic}}} Optic atrophy is the loss of some or most of the fibers of the optic nerve [1].

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