Leber congenital amaurosis 12
General Information (adopted from Orphanet):
Synonyms, Signs:
LCA12
Number of Symptoms
3
OrphanetNr:
OMIM Id:
610612
ICD-10:
UMLs:
MeSH:
MedDRA:
Snomed:
Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:
Prevalence:
No data available.
Inheritance:
Age of onset:
Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):
Parent Diseases:
AARSKOG SYNDROME, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT
-AARSKOG SYNDROME, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT
Symptom Information
Symptom
Abundance
Frequency
Pubmed
Source
DB Freq
1
(HPO:0008002)
Abnormality of macular pigmentation
20 / 7739
2
(HPO:0007875)
Congenital blindness
9 / 7739
3
(HPO:0000639)
Nystagmus
555 / 7739
ClinVar (via SNiPA)
Gene symbol
Variation
Clinical significance
Reference
Additional Information:
Clinical Description
OMIM
Friedman et al. (2006) identified 2 Indian sibs with Leber congenital amaurosis. Both probands had had poor vision since birth. Nystagmus and atrophic lesions in the macular area with pigment migration were found on examination.
Molecular genetics
OMIM
In 2 sibs with Leber congenital amaurosis, Friedman et al. (2006) detected a donor splice site mutation in the RD3 gene (180040.0001).