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Syndromes of genetic juvenile retinal detachment

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Childhood retinal detachment while not common is usually severe, more often accompanied by severe myopia and more often hereditary and syndromal in nature than is retinal detachment which occurs in the middle aged to elderly individual. — 6 of these syndromes, are presented and their clinical features described.

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Die Netzhautablösung im Kindesalter kommt zwar selten vor, ist aber gewöhnlich schwer und oft begleitet von schwerer Kurzsichtigkeit und ebenfalls häufig erblich oder syndromgebunden. Sie steht damit im Gegensatz zur Netzhautablösung bei älteren Patienten. — 6 dieser Syndrome und ihre klinische Symptomatik werden hier vorgestellt.

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This paper was made possible in part by U.S.P.H.S. Program Grant in Oral Pathology DE-1770.

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Gorlin, R.J., Knobloch, W.H. Syndromes of genetic juvenile retinal detachment. Z. Kinder-Heilk. 113, 81–92 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00473403

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