Progressive Optic Neuropathy in Cerebellar Ataxia, Areflexia, Optic Atrophy, and Sensorineural Hearing Loss Syndrome:

Matthew J Miller1, John William Lindsey, Mohammad Pakravan

  • 1Baylor College of Medicine (MJM), Houston, Texas; Department of Neurology (JWL, RS), University of Texas-Houston, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (MP, CC, AGL), Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (AGL), Houston, Texas; Texas A and M College of Medicine (AGL), Bryan, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa; Singapore National Eye Center (DM), Singapore Eye Research Institute, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; and Departments of Ophthalmology (AGL), Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

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