Senior-Loken syndrome

Senior-Loken syndrome (SLSN) is a very rare autosomal recessive oculo-renal disease characterized by the association of nephronophthisis (NPHP), a chronic kidney disease, with retinal dystrophy.

Blindness

Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception defined as visual perception below 3/60 and/or a visual field of no greater than 10 degress in radius around central fixation.


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Senior Loken Syndrome.
Kaur A, Dhir SK, Goyal G, Mittal N, Goyal RK.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2016;10(11):SD03-SD04.
Senior Loken Syndrome (SLS) is a rare genetic disorder having juvenile nephronophthisis and retinal degeneration progressing to blindness and end stage renal disease.
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Senior-Loken syndrome in an Iranian family.
Roozbeh J, Sharifian M, Hosseini H, Sagheb MM, Behzadi S, Raeisjalali GA, Iraniparast A, Afshariani R, Tohidi M, Sharifian M.
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2010;21(4):735-7.
Herein, we report Senior-Loken syndrome in six members of an Iranian family with progressive blindness and renal failure since childhood.