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Leber congenital amaurosis 1

info · Eye · ICD-10: H35.5

A Leber congenital amaurosis characterized by severe cone-rod dystrophy with photophobia, high hyperopia, and poor but stable vision with no visual improvement and that has_material_basis_in mutation in the GUCY2D gene on chromosome 17p13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Nystagmus
  • Reduced visual acuity
  • Keratoconus
  • Atrophic fundus lesion
  • Hyperthreoninemia
  • Pigmentary retinopathy
  • Hyperthreoninuria
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Cataract
  • Sensorineural hearing impairment

Also known as: LCA1; amaurosis congenita of Leber I