Leber hereditary optic neuropathy


Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

Neurology A mitochondrial disease characterized by neurologic abnormalities, infantile encephalopathy, and transient or permanent blindness due to optic nerve damage. See Mitochondrial disease.

Leber disease

, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (lāb′ĕr) [Theodor Leber, Ger. ophthalmologist, 1840–1917] Bilateral blindness inherited from maternal mitochondria. It primarily affects males.