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Leber congenital amaurosis 8

info · Eye · ICD-10: H35.5

A Leber congenital amaurosis that is characterized by night blindness and thick unlaminated retinas and has_material_basis_in mutation in the CRB1 gene on chromosome 1q31-q32.

Signs and symptoms

  • Eye poking
  • Reduced visual acuity
  • Nystagmus
  • High hypermetropia
  • Nummular pigmentation of the retina
  • Undetectable electroretinogram
  • Deeply set eye
  • Cataract
  • Choriocapillaris atrophy
  • Pigmentary retinopathy

Also known as: LCA8