/medhealthsci/taxonomy/term/1558/all en /medhealthsci/channels/news/step-closer-identifying-cause-blinding-disease-297377 <p style="text-align:center"><strong>Researchers find clue to rare genetic disorder</strong></p> <p><em>Leber hereditary optic neuropathy</em> (<em>LHON</em>) is an inherited form of vision loss that causes people to have trouble with their colour vision and difficulty seeing in the centre of their visual field. Due to the founder effect from the <i>filles du roi, </i>there is a disproportionate preponderance of a particular LHON mutation among the French-Canadian population.</p> Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:56:21 +0000 admin 322765 at /medhealthsci