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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy Neurology A mitochondrial disease characterized by neurologic abnormalities, infantile encephalopathy, and transient or permanent blindness due to optic nerve damage. See Mitochondrial disease. Leber disease, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (lāb′ĕr) [Theodor Leber, Ger. ophthalmologist, 1840–1917] Bilateral blindness inherited from maternal mitochondria. It primarily affects males. |