Nystagmus and other irregular eye movements

Description

congenital nystagmus: Nystagmus present at birth or caused by lesions sustained in utero or at the time of birth. It is usually pendular, and is associated with albinism and conditions characterized by early loss of central vision. Inheritance patterns may be X-linked, autosomal dominant, or recessive. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p275)

Data source
FinnGen phenocode H7_NYSTAGMUS
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: H55
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: H55
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 9649
GWAS catalog 0007217
MESH D020417
SNOMED CT 64635004

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 82 50 32
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.06 0.07 0.06
Mean age at first event (years) 46.79 44.18 50.86
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 25.61 24.0 28.13
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 4.88 8.0 0.0

Associations