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The retina is the light-sensitive inner layer of the eye. It contains receptors which are responsible for our visual sense. In Stickler Syndrome, the retina gets detached causing sudden loss of vision ...

At 40, he had a detached retina. His ophthalmologist suggested he had Stickler syndrome, which can include retinal detachments, degenerative joints, spinal abnormalities, conductive hearing loss ...

Moran Eye Center surgeon-scientist Eileen Hwang, MD, PhD, recently received a Knights Templar Foundation (KTEF) grant to support her research into Stickler syndrome, a hereditary childhood disorder ...

Stickler syndrome without eye involvement is caused by mutations in COL11A2, the gene encoding the alpha2 (XI) chain of type XI collagen. J Pediatr 1998; 132: 368–371.