Zonular cataract and nystagmus

Zonular cataract and nystagmus, also referred as Nystagmus with congenital zonular cataract is a rare[1] congenital disease associated with Nystagmus and zonular cataract of the eye.

Zonular cataract and nystagmus
Other namesEarly-onset non-syndromic cataract
SpecialtyMedical genetics 

Genetics

It has been suggested that the disease follows an x-linked pattern of inheritance[2] though studies done on this particular disease are few.[3]

References
  1. Zonular cataract and nystagmus at NIH's Office of Rare Diseases
  2. Falls HF (1952). "The role of the sex chromosome in hereditary ocular pathology". Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 50: 421–67. PMC 1313185. PMID 13102571.
  3. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM): Zonular cataract and nystagmus - 315000
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