[Myopia in systemic disorders].

Abstract

Myopia is the most common refractive error Myopia has been well established as a multifactorial disease with both genetic and environmental etiology. A number of genetic loci have been linked with myopia. We have described the prevalence and the symptoms of systemic disorders associated with myopia, including: Stickler syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Weill-Marchesani syndrome, homocystinuria, McCune-Albright syndrome, Kniest syndrome, Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Cohen syndrome, Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome and fetal alcohol syndrome.

• Authors: Małgorzata Mrugacz, Małgorzata Rydzanicz, Agata Frajdenberg, Monika Podfigurna-Musielak, Marzena Gajecka
• Journal: Klinika oczna (Klin Oczna) Vol. 111 Issue 1-3 Pg. 84-8 ( 2009) ISSN: 0023-2157 [Print] Poland
• Vernacular Title: Krótkowzroczność w schorzeniach ogólnoustrojowych.
• PMID: 19517854 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Causality
• Comorbidity
• De Lange Syndrome (epidemiology)
• Down Syndrome (epidemiology)
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (epidemiology)
• Female
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (epidemiology)
• Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic (epidemiology)
• Homocystinuria (epidemiology)
• Humans
• Marfan Syndrome (epidemiology)
• Myopia (epidemiology)
• Noonan Syndrome (epidemiology)
• Prader-Willi Syndrome (epidemiology)
• Pregnancy
• Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome (epidemiology)