DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for nutritional optic neuropathy

Nutritional optic neuropathy [DOID:1209]

An optic neuritis that is characterized by nutritional deficiency causing optic nerve dysfunction, has_symptom painless bilateral progressive decrease in visual acuity and color perception, and has_material_basis_in nuritional deficits, especially of folate and vitamin B, which can be associated with restrictive diets and alcohol abuse.

Synonyms:  nutritional optic neuropathy,  DOID:1209,  nutritional optic neuropathies