Stickler's syndrome

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Stickler's syndrome

[stik′lərz]

Etymology: Gunnar B. Stickler, American physician, 20th century

an autosomal-dominant disorder consisting of myopia progressing to retinal detachment and blindness and premature degenerative changes in the joints. Sensorineural hearing loss may also occur.

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Adie's pupil Axenfeld's anomaly connective tissue disorders cryopexy degeneration Flat Face hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy Horner's muscle myopia nearsightedness retinal break retinal detachment retinopexy short sight syndrome			Mikey was stricken with Stickler's syndrome, a rare genetic disorder which left him totally blind 10 years ago. We're proud as poncho of our adopted Mikey; BIG BROTHER 9 COUPLE TIP ... by The Mirror (London, England) He went blind in his left eye when he was seven, before doctors found he was suffering from a rare genetic condition known as Stickler's syndrome. MIKEY'S SECRET HEART BREAK; EXCLUSIVE: PAIN BEHIND LAUGHS OF BLIND ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Stickler's syndrome attacks the joints and can leave sufferers severely disabled and crippled with arthritis by their early 20s. Test may ease painful future by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			STH Sthapathya Veda sthen- sthenia sthenic sthenic fever stheno- sthira sthula STI stib- stibialism stibium stibogluconate sodium stibophen STICH stich- stichochrome stick Stick Man Syndrome stick-man syndrome Sticker's sarcoma stickfast flea sticking Stickler syndrome Stickler's syndrome sticky end sticky ends Sticky Floor Phenomenon Sticky Food sticky kid syndrome Stieda's fracture stiff Stiff Baby Syndrome Stiff Heart Syndrome stiff joint stiff lamb disease Stiff Lung Stiff Person Syndrome stiff sickness Stiff Skin Syndrome stiff-man syndrome stiffie stiffness stiffs stifle joint stifsiekte stigma stigmatic stigmatism stigmatization			sticking plasters sticking point sticking points sticking together Stickit Stickit minister Sticklac Sticklac Sticklac Stickland reaction stickle stickle Stickleaf stickleback stickleback Stickleback fish Stickleback fish sticklebacks sticklebacks stickled stickled stickler stickler Stickler Involved People Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome Stickler Syndrome Support Group Stickler syndrome, type 1 Stickler syndrome, type 2 Stickler syndrome, type 3 Stickler's syndrome sticklers sticklers stickles stickles Stickles, Jeremy Stickley Stickley, Gustav sticklike sticklike sticklike sticklike sticklike stickling stickling Stickman Stickmen Stickney Forest View Public Library District Stickney, A. B. stickpin stickpin stickpins sticks sticks sticks sticks sticks sticks sticks and stone Sticks and Stones Sticks and stones may break my bones

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