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Congenital stationary night blindness

Disease definition

Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) refers to a non-progressive group of retinal disorders characterized by night or dim light vision disturbance or delayed dark adaptation, poor visual acuity (ranging from 20/30 to 20/200), myopia (ranging from low (-0.25 diopters [D] to -4.75 D) to high (≥-10.00 D)), nystagmus, strabismus, normal color vision and fundus abnormalities.

ORPHA:215

Classification level: Disorder

Synonym(s):
- Congenital essential nyctalopia
Prevalence: Unknown
Inheritance: Autosomal dominant or Autosomal recessive or X-linked recessive
Age of onset: Neonatal
ICD-10: H53.6
OMIM: 163500 257270 300071 310500 610427 610444 610445 613216 613830 614565 615058 616389 617024
UMLS: C0339535
MeSH: C536122
GARD: 3995
MedDRA: -

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