TY - JOUR
T1 - Leber’s optic neuropathy and charcot-marie-tooth disease
T2 - Report of a case
AU - McCluskey, Dru Ann J.
AU - O’Connor, Patrick S.
AU - Sheeny, James Timothy
PY - 1986/6
Y1 - 1986/6
N2 - The case of a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease who developed the acute fundus findings of Leber’s optic neuropathy is described. Previous reports have proposed a genetic interrelationship between the two diseases. This relationship has been speculative, however, because the acute fundus findings of Leber’s have never been observed in a case of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. This case adds support for a suggested genetic relationship between the two diseases. It is also possible that the optic atrophy previously described in Charcot-Marie-Tooth may represent the late findings of Leber’s optic neuropathy.
AB - The case of a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease who developed the acute fundus findings of Leber’s optic neuropathy is described. Previous reports have proposed a genetic interrelationship between the two diseases. This relationship has been speculative, however, because the acute fundus findings of Leber’s have never been observed in a case of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. This case adds support for a suggested genetic relationship between the two diseases. It is also possible that the optic atrophy previously described in Charcot-Marie-Tooth may represent the late findings of Leber’s optic neuropathy.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 2942573
AN - SCOPUS:0022994049
VL - 6
SP - 76
EP - 81
JO - Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
JF - Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
SN - 1070-8022
IS - 2
ER -