Usher syndrome (sometimes referred to as "Usher's syndrome") is a relatively rare genetic disorder that is a leading cause of deafblindness and that is associated with a mutation in any one of 10 genes. Other names for Usher syndrome include Hallgren syndrome, Usher-Hallgren syndrome, rp-dysacusis syndrome and dystrophia retinae dysacusis syndrome. Usher syndrome is incurable at present; however, using gene therapy to replace the missing gene, re...
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Also known as:
- Deafness-retinitis pigmentosa syndrome,
- dystrophia retinae dysacusis syndrome,
- dystrophia retinae pigmentosa-dysostosis syndrome,
- Graefe-Usher syndrome,
- Hallgren syndrome,
- Retinitis pigmentosa-deafness syndrome,
- rp-dysacusis syndrome,
- Usher-Hallgren syndrome
