Article ; Online: Inherited Optic Neuropathies: Real-World Experience in the Paediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic.
2024 Volume 15, Issue 2
Abstract: Inherited optic neuropathies affect around 1 in 10,000 people in England; in these conditions, vision is lost as retinal ganglion cells lose function or die (usually due to pathological variants in genes concerned with mitochondrial function). Emerging ... ...
Abstract | Inherited optic neuropathies affect around 1 in 10,000 people in England; in these conditions, vision is lost as retinal ganglion cells lose function or die (usually due to pathological variants in genes concerned with mitochondrial function). Emerging gene therapies for these conditions have emphasised the importance of early and expedient molecular diagnoses, particularly in the paediatric population. Here, we report our real-world clinical experience of such a population, exploring which children presented with the condition, how they were investigated and the time taken for a molecular diagnosis to be reached. A retrospective case-note review of paediatric inherited optic neuropathy patients (0-16 years) in the tertiary neuro-ophthalmology service at Moorfields Eye Hospital between 2016 and 2020 identified 19 patients. Their mean age was 9.3 ± 4.6 (mean ± SD) years at presentation; 68% were male, and 32% were female; and 26% had comorbidities, with diversity of ethnicity. Most patients had undergone genetic testing (95% ( |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Male ; Female ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Adolescent ; Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber/genetics ; Optic Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant/genetics ; Retrospective Studies ; Ophthalmology ; Optic Nerve Diseases/diagnosis ; Optic Nerve Diseases/genetics ; Optic Nerve Diseases/therapy |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-01-30 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2527218-4 |
ISSN | 2073-4425 ; 2073-4425 |
ISSN (online) | 2073-4425 |
ISSN | 2073-4425 |
DOI | 10.3390/genes15020188 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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