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What does OPA stand for?

Optic Atrophy


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Samples in periodicals archive:
The major causes of blindness in Aboriginal adults were revealed as cataracts (32 per cent), followed by refractive error (14 per cent), optic atrophy (14 per cent), trachoma (nine per cent) and diabetic eye disease (nine per cent).
Also diagnosed were cataract, both surgically removed and not removed (19%); nystagmus (10%); keratoconus (1%); optic atrophy (6%); and glaucoma (4%).
Seropositive participants with eye disease had of optic atrophy (3), retinal hemorrhage (2), and retinal scarring (3).
Repeated ophthalmic examination revealed bilateral optic atrophy with left macular choroiditis.
Fifteen-year-old Chris, of Brighouse, suffers from Leber's optic atrophy, an eye condition which gradually causes blindness.
Paul, 46, of Gordon Road, Roath was a supervisor at the Welsh Institute of Sport and a keen fitness fanatic when he contracted a condition known as Liebes Optic Atrophy in the '80s, which destroyed his optic nerve and left him almost totally blind.
Helen Ryan, 35, who suffers from a visual impairment known as optic atrophy and who also lives in Upton, said: ``Some of the route didn't even appear on the map as it is so new.
Kuldip Vaid testified that the patient's lost vision was the result of optic atrophy, which indicated a loss of functioning in her optic nerve.

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