Dominant optic atrophy, or dominant optic atrophy,<unk> 's type, is an autosomally inherited disease that affects the optic nerves, causing reduced visual acuity and blindness beginning in childhood. This condition is due to mitochondrial dysfunction mediating the death of optic nerve fibers. Dominant optic atrophy was first described clinically by Batten in 1896 and named<unk>  in 1959 after Danish ophthalmologist Poul<unk> , who studied 19 families with the disease. Although dominant optic atrophy is the most common autosomally inherited optic neuropathy (i.e., disease of the optic nerves) aside from glaucoma, it is often misdiagnosed.
Kjer's optic neuropathy
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Graves' ophthalmopathy
Toxic and nutritional optic neuropathy
Arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Infiltrative ophthalmopathy
Sorsby's fundus dystrophy
Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy