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| Year : 2008 |
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Senior-Loken Syndrome in a Saudi Child
Majid AlFadhel1, Abdulrahman AlAmir2
1 Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatric, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatric, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Majid AlFadhel
Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatric, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426
Saudi Arabia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 18445908 
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Senior-Loken syndrome is a rare syndrome of retinopathy and nephronophthisis. The clinical features of this syndrome include renal involvement, ocular involvement, retinitis pigmentosa and other systemic involvement. We describe an 11-year-old Saudi girl who was diagnosed to have this syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of this syndrome from the Arabian Peninsula. |
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