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

If left untreated or not immediately it can lead to optic nerve atrophy, which cannot be reversed. Dr Erna Nadia, a Malay social media doctor, had shared this episode on a Facebook post and urged ...

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 ...

Your optic nerve is important as it is essential to our sight. The optic nerve’s function is to transmit information that we see and what is formed on our retina (situated at the back of your ...

Today, 18 years after aggressive optic nerve atrophy left Lee with 10 per cent vision in his left eye and completely blind in his right, and 12 years after he began running, the 39-year-old has ...

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.

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 ...