Leber congenital amaurosis
Common Name(s)
Leber congenital amaurosis
Advocacy and Support Organizations
Condition Specific Organizations
Following organizations serve the condition "Leber congenital amaurosis" for support, advocacy or research.
The urgent mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments, and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.
The RDH12 Fund for Sight is a nonprofit organization founded by parents of children diagnosed with LCA caused by mutations in RDH12 to accomplish three main goals: build a support network of families dealing with common issues and difficulties to share their experiences, raise awareness of LCA and RDH12 and gain a better understanding of the disease, and advocate for and fund development of a cure for LCA caused by RDH12.
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Advocacy and Support Organizations
Condition Specific Organizations
Following organizations serve the condition "Leber congenital amaurosis" for support, advocacy or research.
The urgent mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments, and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.
https://www.fightblindness.org The RDH12 Fund for Sight is a nonprofit organization founded by parents of children diagnosed with LCA caused by mutations in RDH12 to accomplish three main goals: build a support network of families dealing with common issues and difficulties to share their experiences, raise awareness of LCA and RDH12 and gain a better understanding of the disease, and advocate for and fund development of a cure for LCA caused by RDH12.
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Finding the right clinical trial for Leber congenital amaurosis can be challenging. However, with TrialsFinder (which uses the Reg4ALL database and privacy controls by Private Access), you can permit researchers to let you know opportunities to consider - all without revealing your identity.
Scientific Literature
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The terms "Leber congenital amaurosis" returned 115 free, full-text research articles on human participants.
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The gene encoding nicotinamide nucleotide adenylyltransferase 1 (NMNAT1) was recently found to be mutated in a subset of patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) with macular atrophy. The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence and frequency of NMNAT1 mutations and ...
Journal: Gene Ther.. 2014 Jul;21(7):662-72.
Mutations in CEP290 are the most common cause of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a severe inherited retinal degenerative disease for which there is currently no cure. Autosomal recessive CEP290-associated LCA is a good candidate for gene replacement therapy, and cells derived from ...
Journal: Adv. Exp. Med. Biol.. 2014 ;801():791-6.
Mutations in retinoid isomerase, RPE65, or lecithin-retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) disrupt 11-cis-retinal recycling and cause Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), the most severe retinal dystrophy in early childhood. We used Lrat (-/-), a murine model for LCA, to investigate the mechanism ...
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Reviews from the PubMed Database
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The terms "Leber congenital amaurosis" returned 3 free, full-text review articles on human participants.
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Journal: Prog Retin Eye Res. 2010 Sep;29(5):398-427.
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a rare hereditary retinal degeneration caused by mutations in more than a dozen genes. RPE65, one of these mutated genes, is highly expressed in the retinal pigment epithelium where it encodes the retinoid isomerase enzyme essential for the production ...
Journal: J Fr Ophtalmol. 2005 Jan;28(1):98-105.
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the earliest and most severe form of all inherited retinal dystrophies, responsible for congenital blindness. Disease-associated mutations have been hitherto reported in seven genes. These genes are all expressed preferentially in the photoreceptor ...
Journal: Hum. Mol. Genet.. 2002 May;11(10):1169-76.
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the most common inherited cause of blindness in childhood and is characterised by a severe retinal dystrophy before the age of one year. Six genes have been identified that together account for approximately half of all LCA patients. These genes ...
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Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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Condition Summary: Leber Congenital Amaurosis
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