Article
Stickler syndrome, ocular-only variants and a key diagnostic role for the ophthalmologist.
Eye (London, England) - 1 Nov 2011
Snead M P, McNinch A M, Poulson A V, Bearcroft P, Silverman B, Gomersall P, Parfect V, Richards A J
Abstract excerpt
The entity described by Gunnar Stickler, which included hereditary arthro-ophthalmopathy associated with retinal detachment, has recently been recognised to consist of a number of subgroups, which might now more correctly be referred to as the Stickler syndromes. They are the most common clinical manifestation of the type II/XI collagenopathies and are the most common cause of inherited rhegmatogenous retinal...
Topics
- Arthritis
- Collagen Type II
- Collagen Type XI
- Connective Tissue Diseases
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Hearing Disorders
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
- Humans
- Jaw Abnormalities
- Phenotype
- Retinal Detachment
- Vitreous Body
