Genetic condition awaiting consideration - Alport’s Syndrome (Autosomal Dominant)
Alport syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by kidney disease, hearing loss, and eye abnormalities.
People with Alport syndrome experience progressive loss of kidney function.
Affected individuals may also have misshapen lenses in the eyes and abnormal coloration of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye (retina). Significant hearing loss, eye abnormalities, and progressive kidney disease are more common in males with Alport’s syndrome than in affected females.
Alport's syndrome (X-linked, OMIM 301050) has been already approved by HFEA and this application is for approval for the same condition but with a different inheritance pattern (Autosomal Dominant, OMIM 104200).
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Page last updated: 11 October 2013