Heredity of Aniridia

[Aniridia].

¿Cómo se trata la aniridia? Hay varios tratamientos disponibles para aniridia, incluyendo lentes polarizados, lentes de contacto especiales, lentes ahumados y otros dispositivos ópticos de ayuda. Los pacientes con aniridia deberán ser mantenidos bajo vigilancia médica, y examinados regularmente por glaucoma; Si se desarrolla el glaucoma, se pueden recomendar otros tratamientos (que pueden inclu...

Congenital Aniridia

Aniridia is a rare bilateral condition that may have life-threatening associations. It occurs as a result of abnormal neuroectodermal development secondary to a mutation in the PAX6 gene linked to 11p13. This gene controls the development of a number of structures, hence the broad nature of ocular and systemic associations.This article presents a review of congenital aniridia including epidemio...

Some Aspects of Heredity

Hologynic Heredity.

Sex-linked characters in man are well known; they are all pathological characters, so far as known; they are transmitted according to the same laws as the sex-linked characters in the little fruit-fly (Drosophila) and explained in the same manner by means of the sex chromosome. I propose the name “diagynic heredity” for this kind of heredity, as the sex-linked character is transmitted from male...

Heredity of feeble-mindedness.