Webinar on LHON - Ophtalmologists
Programm
16.40 – 16.50 Proposed pathophysiology (Alfredo A. Sadun)
• Mitochondrial gene defects
• Anatomical and metabolic consideration
16.50 – 17.00 LHON CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS (Rustum Karanjia)
17.00 – 17.10 DIAGNOSIS (Nancy J. Newman)
• Differential Diagnosis
• Clinical and Genetic diagnosis
LHON Management and Therapies
17.10 – 17.20 Visual prognosis and recovery (Nancy J. Newman)
17.20 – 17.30 Therapy Management (Patrick Yu-Wai-Man/ Alfredo A. Sadun)
17.30 – 17.40 Follow up (Alfredo A. Sadun/ Rustum Karanjia)
17.40 – 18.00 Take home message and panel discussion with cases and Q&A
• Introduction and background
• Epidemiology
• Disease demographics