Traumatic optic neuropathy is visual loss caused by trauma to the optic nerve. Injuries, classified as direct or indirect, are also characterized by location. Intracanalicular optic nerve injury ...

Thalassemia, being the most common single-gene disorder, accounts for a huge burden of around 10,000 to 15,000 babies born ...

Pioneering research by the UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences into retinal disorders ... neuro-ophthalmic diseases such as papilledema and non-glaucomatous optic neuropathy.

NAION, that agency says, is a "rare condition that affects the small blood vessels at the front of the optic nerve, potentially leading to sudden vision loss and visual field defects." ...

Making a diagnosis of TON in this setting requires a judgement regarding the severity the ocular pathology present and whether it accounts for all the visual loss.