Sentences with phrase «of inherited eye disorders»

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Among the disorders that Balasubramanian has targeted is retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited diseases that cause degeneration of the retina (in the back of the eye where millions of photoreceptors capture light rays that the brain turns into images).

Researchers have discovered that genetic mutations underlying two inherited eye disorders arise in different components of a single intracellular signaling pathway that is responsible for development...

However, it should also be noted that in a new «directive» issued as part of their «Fit for Purpose, Fit for Life» campaign, the Kennel Club have directed attention to two eye disorders that are known to be inherited in Bedlington terriers.

It is a recessively inherited eye disorder that causes abnormal development of the choroid - an important layer of tissue under the retina of the eye.

Among purebred dogs, Shetland Sheepdogs are considered healthy, but they do have a tendency for certain diseases including hip and joint problems, some types of hypothyroidism, inherited bleeding disorder, and eye problems.

The Cocker Spaniel is quite hardy, but may experience a variety of inherited disorders such as eye and ear infections, epilepsy, and hip dysplasia.

Corneal degeneration (which may be identified as corneal dystrophy, which can be inherited) is a disease of the eyes; von Willebrand's Disease, a bleeding disorder, and testicular atrophy are among the secondary diseases you may see in association with hypothyroidism.

The dog has already played an important role in emerging therapies for inherited blindness in humans and similarities in disease phenotype and eye structure and function between dog and man, together with the increasingly sophisticated genetic tools that are available for the dog, mean that the dog is likely to play an ever increasing role in both our understanding of the normal functioning of the eye and in our ability to treat inherited eye disorders.

Other inherited disorders of the eye can appear similar to PRA - prcd.

Responsible breeders will routinely check their dogs for the onset of various inherited disorders, these commonly include (but are not limited to): CERF examinations on eyes, OFA patellar examinations, OFA thyroid function panels, von Willebrand's factor, OFA hip and Legg - Perthes disease x-rays, and others.

Inherited forms of eye disease are arguably the best described and best characterized of all inherited diseases in the dog, at both the clinical and molecular level and at the time of writing 29 different mutations have been documented in the scientific literature that are associated with an inherited ocular disorder inInherited forms of eye disease are arguably the best described and best characterized of all inherited diseases in the dog, at both the clinical and molecular level and at the time of writing 29 different mutations have been documented in the scientific literature that are associated with an inherited ocular disorder ininherited diseases in the dog, at both the clinical and molecular level and at the time of writing 29 different mutations have been documented in the scientific literature that are associated with an inherited ocular disorder ininherited ocular disorder in the dog.

Through our clinic, I work with adults with all forms of genetic disease including connective tissue disease, cardiomyopathy, inherited arrhythmias, hereditary cancer syndromes, inherited eye disorders, hearing loss, intellectual disability, and dysmorphology disorders.