Friday, March 23, 2007

Eldridge Syndrome

Eldridge Syndrome

General:
Autosomal recessive inheritance; also may involve an enzyme deficiency.

Ocular: Myopia, onset 4 to 6 years of age; increased retinal translucency; temporal crescents; mild electroretinographic abnormalities.

Clinical: Severe myopia; sensorineural hearing loss; low intelligence; mild renal disease.

Eldridge RC, et al. Cochlear deafness, myopia and intellectual impairment in an Amish family. Arch Otolaryngol 1968; 88:49-54.

Ohlsson L. Congenital renal disease, deafness and myopia in one family. Arch Med Scand 1963; 174:77-83.

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