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Deafness-retinitis pigmentosa syndrome; dystrophia retinae pigmentosa-dysostosis syndrome; Graefe-Usher syndrome; Hallgren syndrome; Retinitis pigmentosa-deafness syndrome |
Usher syndrome is a genetic disease causing deaf-blindness. It is essentially progressive retinitis pigmentosa combined with congenital hearing impairment. It is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern and is estimated to occur in 1 in 10,000 people. While this is a rare genetic condition, it represents the major cause of syndromic deafness with blindness. The condition gets its name from British ophthalmologist, C.H. Usher, who in 1914 wrote a paper describing several cases in which the ...
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Usher Syndrome
... What is Usher syndrome? Usher syndrome (US) is the most common condition that involves both hearing and vision problems. A syndrome is a disease or disorder that has more than one feature or symptom....
Source: Cleveland Clinic
Usher Syndrome ... Usher syndrome is the most common condition that involves both hearing and vision problems. A syndrome is a disease or disorder that has more than one feature or symptom. The major symptoms of Usher s...
Source: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Usher Syndrome: New Insights Lead to Earlier Treatment ... Children with an inherited hearing and vision disorder known as Usher syndrome can now benefit from better treatment options, thanks to a recent scientific discovery of a method to identify this disor...
Source: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Usher syndrome ... Usher syndrome is characterized by hearing loss or deafness and progressive vision loss due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP). RP is a condition that affects the retina (the part of the eye that detects li...
Source: Genetics Home Reference
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