Novel therapeutics in nystagmus- what has the genetics taught us so far?
Novel therapeutics in nystagmus- what has the genetics taught us so far?
Nystagmus is a disorder characterised by uncontrolled, repetitive, to-and-fro movement of the eyes. It can occur as a seemingly isolated disorder but is most commonly the first, or most obvious, feature in a host of ophthalmic and systemic disorders. The number of underlying causes is vast and recent improvements in the provision of genetic testing have shown that many conditions can include nystagmus as a feature, but that phenotypes overlap significantly. Therefore, an increase in the understanding of the genetic causes of nystagmus has shown that successful novel therapeutics for ‘nystagmus’ can either target either specific underlying disorders and mechanisms (aiming to treat the underlying condition as a whole), or a final common pathway (aiming to treat the nystagmus directly).
Self, James
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Lee, Helena
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23 March 2021
Self, James
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Lee, Helena
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Self, James and Lee, Helena
(2021)
Novel therapeutics in nystagmus- what has the genetics taught us so far?
Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease (TAIRD).
(doi:10.1177/2633004021998714).
Abstract
Nystagmus is a disorder characterised by uncontrolled, repetitive, to-and-fro movement of the eyes. It can occur as a seemingly isolated disorder but is most commonly the first, or most obvious, feature in a host of ophthalmic and systemic disorders. The number of underlying causes is vast and recent improvements in the provision of genetic testing have shown that many conditions can include nystagmus as a feature, but that phenotypes overlap significantly. Therefore, an increase in the understanding of the genetic causes of nystagmus has shown that successful novel therapeutics for ‘nystagmus’ can either target either specific underlying disorders and mechanisms (aiming to treat the underlying condition as a whole), or a final common pathway (aiming to treat the nystagmus directly).
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 February 2021
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