{"id":3938,"date":"2020-10-28T11:33:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T10:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.retina.ch\/netzhauterkrankungen\/norrie-syndrom-english\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T01:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:48:48","slug":"norrie-syndrom-english","status":"publish","type":"netzhauterkrankungen","link":"https:\/\/retina.ch\/fr\/degenerescences-retiniennes\/norrie-syndrom-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Norrie Disease (English)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The primary symptom of Norrie Disease (ND) is blindness in male infants, at birth or soon after birth. Secondary symptoms are equally serious, and include progressive hearing loss leading to profound deafness in late adulthood (this affects almost all individuals with ND), and mental problems such as cognitive impairment and autistic traits (this affects up to <code>30-50%<\/code> of individuals). Other secondary symptoms which are seen in some cases of ND are epilepsy, seizures, leg ulcers, erectile dysfunction, growth failure, and endocrine abnormalities. The range and severity of symptoms varies, even amongst members of the same family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gene associated with the syndrome is located on the X chromosome, and was identified in 1992 in the lab of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Berger, Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zurich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns icon-block is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><span class='maxbutton-6-container mb-container'><a class=\"maxbutton-6 maxbutton maxbutton-beratung-anmelden\" title=\"Pers\u00f6nliche Beratung Anmelden\" href=\"\/beratungen\/individuelle-beratung\/\" data-maxbuttoncounter=\"{&quot;button_id&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;\\\/beratungen\\\/individuelle-beratung\\\/&quot;,&quot;check&quot;:&quot;bWuaKQZn&quot;}\" data-maxbuttonpage=\"{&quot;id&quot;:3938,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;netzhauterkrankungen&quot;}\"><span class=\"mb-icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb-img\" src=\"https:\/\/retina.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/icon-comments-black-400x356.png\" title=\"icon-comments-black\" width=\"400\" height=\"356\"   border=\"0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"mb-icon-hover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb-img-hover\" src=\"https:\/\/retina.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/icon-comments-yellow-400x356.png\" title=\"icon-comments-black\" width=\"576\" height=\"512\"   border=\"0\" \/><\/span><span class='mb-text' >Register for<\/span><span class=\"mb-text2\"  >a consultation<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><span class='maxbutton-7-container mb-container'><a class=\"maxbutton-7 maxbutton maxbutton-kontakt\" title=\"Retina Suisse Kontakt\" href=\"\/kontakt\/\" data-maxbuttoncounter=\"{&quot;button_id&quot;:&quot;7&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;\\\/kontakt\\\/&quot;,&quot;check&quot;:&quot;Ot5xIOiH&quot;}\" data-maxbuttonpage=\"{&quot;id&quot;:3938,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;netzhauterkrankungen&quot;}\"><span class=\"mb-icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb-img\" src=\"https:\/\/retina.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/icon-phone-black-400x400.png\" title=\"icon-phone-black\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"   border=\"0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"mb-icon-hover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb-img-hover\" src=\"https:\/\/retina.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/icon-phone-yellow-400x400.png\" title=\"icon-phone-black\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\"   border=\"0\" \/><\/span><span class='mb-text' >Contact<\/span><span class=\"mb-text2\"  >Retina Suisse<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><span class='maxbutton-3-container mb-container'><a class=\"maxbutton-3 maxbutton maxbutton-retina-suisse-mitgliedschaft\" title=\"Retina Suisse Mitgliedschaft\" href=\"\/mitgliedschaft\/\" data-maxbuttoncounter=\"{&quot;button_id&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;\\\/mitgliedschaft\\\/&quot;,&quot;check&quot;:&quot;Rweb1zDP&quot;}\" data-maxbuttonpage=\"{&quot;id&quot;:3938,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;netzhauterkrankungen&quot;}\"><span class=\"mb-icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb-img\" src=\"https:\/\/retina.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/icon-users.png\" title=\"icon-users\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\"   border=\"0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"mb-icon-hover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb-img-hover\" src=\"https:\/\/retina.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/icon-users-yellow.png\" title=\"icon-users\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\"   border=\"0\" \/><\/span><span class='mb-text' >Retina Suisse<\/span><span class=\"mb-text2\"  >membership<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The primary symptom of Norrie Syndrome (NS) is blindness in male infants, at birth or soon after birth. 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