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Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines




Disease retinal artery occlusion
Phenotype C0547030|visual disturbances
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PubMedID- 24606999 Background: susac syndrome (sus) is a rare disorder thought to be caused by autoimmune-mediated occlusions of microvessels in the brain, retina and inner ear leading to central nervous system (cns) dysfunction, visual disturbances due to branch retinal artery occlusions (brao), and hearing deficits.
PubMedID- 21847341 Central retinal artery occlusion (crao) leads to severe visual disturbances and is generally resistant to treatment.
PubMedID- 26219936 In susac syndrome, occlusions of pre-capillary arterioles of the brain, retina, and cochlea lead to the classical clinical triad of subacute encephalopathy, visual disturbances due to branch retinal artery occlusions and sensorineural hearing impairment.

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