Leber Congenital Amaurosis 7

Alternative Names

  • LCA7
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WHO-ICD-10 version:2010

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Disorders of choroid and retina

OMIM Number

613829

Gene Map Locus

19q13.33

Description

Leber congenital amaurosis comprises a group of early-onset childhood retinal dystrophies characterized by vision loss, nystagmus, and severe retinal dysfunction. Patients usually present at birth with profound vision loss and pendular nystagmus. Electroretinogram (ERG) responses are usually nonrecordable. Other clinical findings may include high hypermetropia, photodysphoria, oculodigital sign, keratoconus, cataracts, and a variable appearance to the fundus. Leber congenital amaurosis-7 can be caused by heterozygous or homozygous mutation in the CRX gene on chromosome 19q13. [From OMIM]

Epidemiology in the Arab World

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Other Reports

Lebanon

Ibrahim et al. (2018) described a consanguineous Lebanese family in which three cousins were affected with LCA  with significant macular colobomas. All 3 were found to carry homozygous null mutations of the CRX gene. Although all four heterozygous parents had no visual complaints, at least two of them showed significant but subclinical inner and outer foveal abnormalities. 

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