Autosomal dominant optic atrophy, classic form

What it is

A rare neuro-ophthalmological disease which is one of the most common forms of hereditary optic neuropathy characterized by progressive bilateral visual loss with an onset during the first decade of life, associated with optic disc pallor, visual acuity loss, visual field deficits and color vision defects.

Key facts

Prevalence

1-5 / 10 000 (Denmark)

Age of onset

Adolescent, Adult, Childhood

Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

Genes

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

Cross-references