Alternative titles and symbols : Pseudoexfoliation of the lens; PEXG; PEXS; Exfoliation glaucoma; Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma; Pseudoexfoliation syndrome; XFG;
Description : Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is a common age-related disorder of the extracellular matrix
that is frequently associated with severe chronic secondary open-angle glaucoma and
cataract. XFS syndrome may affect up to 30% of people over 60 years of age worldwide
and is biomicroscopically diagnosed by abnormal microfibrillar deposits on ocular
structures that line the aqueous-bathed surfaces of the anterior segment (Schlotzer-Schrehardt
and Naumann, 2006).;
Inheritance : Autosomal dominant;
Molecular basis : Susceptibility conferred by mutation in the lysyl oxidase-like 1 gene (LOXL1, 153456.0001);