A detailed history employing the following inquiries will allow the clinician to distinguish amaurosis fugax or visual transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) from other sources of TVDs. Ischemic TVD ...

Some types of stroke may lead to amaurosis fugax, a temporary and painless loss of vision in one eye that may feel as if a curtain was coming down in front of your eye. Muscular weakness on one ...

Targeted gene therapy for degenerative blindness caused by Leber congenital amaurosis improved vision for a few years but failed to arrest the degeneration process. The first approved commercial ...

Christian, the doctor told Elizabeth, had a retinal disease called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). His vision, already bad, would never significantly improve. Nothing could be done. The boy ...

Born with Leber congenital amaurosis, a degenerative retinal condition, Roselyn has navigated life's obstacles with grace and ...

PLoS Medicine 4, e230 (2007) Bainbridge, J. W., et al. Effect of gene therapy on visual function in Leber's congenital amaurosis. New England Journal of Medicine 358, 2231-2239 (2008) Bemelmans ...

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Choi, who has a degenerative retinal condition called Leber Congenital Amaurosis and has an eyesight of 20/3,000, is collaborating with SLU graduate student Colton Doherty to develop an adapted hockey ...

It’s easily forgiven if you’ve never heard of Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) before. It’s a fairly new and still quite little biotech ...

The firm's modifier gene therapy platform is engaged in addressing retinal diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa, leber congenital amaurosis, and dry age-related macular degeneration.

It is difficult to determine the exact prognosis and specific management of patients with amaurosis fugax in the literature. Fortunately, there are some excellent collaborative groups who have ...