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GTR Home > Conditions/Phenotypes > Leber-like hereditary optic neuropathy, autosomal recessive 1

Summary

Autosomal recessive Leber-like hereditary optic neuropathy-1 (LHONAR1) is characterized by bilateral synchronous or asynchronous vision loss with variable recovery of visual acuity. The visual field defect is typically in the central visual field. The disorder shows incomplete penetrance and male predominance (Stenton et al., 2021). Genetic Heterogeneity of Autosomal Recessive Leber-like Hereditary Optic Neuropathy See also LHONAR2 (620529), caused by mutation in the NDUFS2 gene (602985) on chromosome 1q23. [from OMIM]

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  • Also known as: LHONAR, LHONAR1, MC1DN38, WBSCR18, DNAJC30
    Summary: DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member C30

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