Bronchial asthma in a patient with Usher syndrome: case report.
The Usher syndrome is a recessively inherited disorder characterized by the associated deficits of sensorineural hearing impairment and a progressive retinal degeneration called retinitis pigmentosa. A case of Usher syndrome is reported in a 22-year-old atopic patient with asthma. To our knowledge, such an association has not been described previously in the literature.
University of Illinois Hospital, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago 60612-7323.
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D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D013577:Syndrome