Preferred Label : Axenfeld-rieger syndrome, type 1;
Symbol : RIEG1;
CISMeF acronym : RGS; RIEG; RIEG1;
Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;
Alternative titles and symbols : RGS; Rieger syndrome, type 1; RIEG;
Description : Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of morphogenesis that results
in abnormal development of the anterior segment of the eye, and results in blindness
from glaucoma in approximately 50% of affected individuals (Fitch and Kaback, 1978).
Systemic anomalies have also been associated, including dental hypoplasia, failure
of involution of periumbilical skin, and maxillary hypoplasia (Alkemade, 1969). See
109120 for a form of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome associated with partially absent eye
muscles, hydrocephalus, and skeletal abnormalities. Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly has also
been observed in some patients with small vessel disease of the brain, see 607595.
A closely related ocular disorder, iridogoniodysgenesis, can also be caused by mutation
in the FOXC1 and PITX2 genes; see IRID1 (601631) and;
Inheritance : Autosomal dominant;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutations in the paired-like homeodomain transcription factor-2 gene (PITX2,
601542.0001);
Prefixed ID : #180500;
Origin ID : 180500;
UMLS CUI : C3714873;
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