Alternative titles and symbols : Retinal nonattachment and falciform detachment; Persistent fetal vasculature; RNANC; Retinal nonattachment, nonsyndromic congenital; NCRNA;
Description : Retinal nonattachment is a more appropriate description than detachment. Its occurrence
with falciform folds (falciform detachment; see 180070) in the same family indicates
that the 2 phenotypes are basically the same (Warburg, 1976). Congenital retinal nonattachment
is a feature of the osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome (259770).;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the homolog of the drosophila atonal 7 gene (ATOH7, 609875.0001);