Optic nerve atrophy is damage to the optic nerve. Causes include poor blood flow to the eye, disease, trauma, or exposure to toxic substances.Ophthalmologist Raj Pathmaraj explains more about this.

Clothed in a ruby gown, Sophia Thacker sat in front of a Steinway piano with her hands on her lap. The 18-year-old dual ...

The first prenatal therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) showed promising ... The infant has optic nerve hypoplasia and a brainstem asymmetry, with related delays in vision and overall ...

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 ...

Schilling test: 1000mcg. Hereditary optic nerve atrophy (Leber's disease). Severe megaloblastic anemia (intense treatment may lead to hypokalemia and death). Monitor potassium for first 48 hours ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a progressive neurodegenerative ... ventricular septal defect (which resolved), optic nerve hypoplasia and a brainstem asymmetry, with related delays in vision ...