title: [Myopia in systemic disorders].
abstract: Myopia is the most common refractive error Myopia has been well established as a multifactorial disease with both genetic and environmental etiology. A number of genetic loci have been linked with myopia. We have described the prevalence and the symptoms of systemic disorders associated with myopia, including: Stickler syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Weill-Marchesani syndrome, homocystinuria, McCune-Albright syndrome, Kniest syndrome, Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Cohen syndrome, Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome and fetal alcohol syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Z Kliniki Okulistyki Dzieciecej Uniwersytetu Medyczego w Białymstoku. mrugacz1@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mrugacz
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rydzanicz
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frajdenberg
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Podfigurna-Musielak
authors.forename: Marzena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gajecka
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D003635:De Lange Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D005359:Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic / Q000453:epidemiology; D006712:Homocystinuria / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D009216:Myopia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009634:Noonan Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012415:Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology