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GTR Home > Conditions/Phenotypes > Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, sensorineural hearing loss, impaired intellectual development, and leber congenital amaurosis

Summary

SHILCA is characterized by early-onset retinal degeneration in association with sensorineural hearing loss, short stature, vertebral anomalies, and epiphyseal dysplasia, as well as motor and intellectual delay. Delayed myelination, leukoencephalopathy, and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum and cerebellum have been observed on brain MRI (Bedoni et al., 2020). [from OMIM]

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  • Also known as: LCA9, NMNAT, PNAT1, SHILCA, NMNAT1
    Summary: nicotinamide nucleotide adenylyltransferase 1

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