X-linked familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Report of one family.
BACKGROUND
Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is an uncommon heredodegenerative disease with different types of inheritance and degrees of severity.


METHODS
Findings in five affected members of a family in which the X-linked mode of inheritance of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is present are discussed.


RESULTS
Patients presented with characteristic retinal exudative tractional detachment, temporal retinal vessel traction, capillary dilatation, neovascularization, and vitreous veils.


CONCLUSIONS
A review of the 21 cases of X-linked familial exudative vitreoretinopathy reported to date indicates a worse outcome in this mode of inheritance than in cases of autosomal dominant inheritance.
Clement
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Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Principe de Astrias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
Beckford
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Corral
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Jimenez
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D008040:Genetic Linkage / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000175:diagnosis; D014822:Vitreous Body; D014960:X Chromosome