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Early-onset severe retinal dystrophy as the initial presentation of IFT140-related skeletal ciliopathy.
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - 1 Apr 2014
Khan Arif O, Bolz Hanno J, Bergmann Carsten
Abstract excerpt
Early-onset severe retinal dystrophy can be isolated (Leber congenital amaurosis) or the first sign of an underlying systemic ciliopathy, such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Early recognition of those children with underlying systemic ciliopathy minimizes morbidity and mortality from later extraocular manifestations, the most common of which is renal disease. We report 2 unrelated children who presented with...
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