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Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) is a disease group including congenital non-progressive retinal disorders characterized by reduced night vision and impaired dark adaptation [1]. This disease group is quite rare, and the prevalence of CSNB has been estimated at 0.34 per 100,000 in Northern Europe [2]. The prevalence might have been underestimated because night blindness symptom decreases due to the expansion of night lighting in urban cities, and night vision is not routinely measured [1]. Like the name of the disease, night blindness is typical which is generally not progressing [3]. Other associated abnormalities are color vision defect, nystagmus, photophobia, strabismus, refractive error, and fundus abnormality [4, 5]. Clinical presentation may appear differently depending on the causative gene.

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