Sex Differences in Vision Loss In NF1 Explained (AUDIO)
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Boys and girls with mutations in a gene called nf1 tend to develop tumors, and they have a significant risk of developing them on the optic nerve. But it turns out that girls are much more likely to have vision problems as a result of those tumors. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the female hormone estrogen plays a role in that difference between boys and girls by revving up immune cells that damage the optic nerve, leading to vision loss. Jim dryden has the story.
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