Loken Senior Syndrome
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Synonyms
- Renal Dysplasia-Blindness, Hereditary
- Renal-Retinal Syndrome
- Senior-Loken Syndrome
- Juvenile Nephronophthisis with Leber Amaurosis
- Renal Dysplasia and Retinal Aplasia
- Renal-Retinal Dysplasia
Disorder Subdivisions
- None
General Discussion
Loken-Senior Syndrome is a rare disorder inherited as an autosomal recessive genetic trait. This disorder is characterized by progressive wasting of the filtering unit of the kidney (nephronophthisis), with or without medullary cystic renal disease, and progressive eye disease. Typically this disorder becomes apparent during the first year of life.
Resources
Foundation Fighting Blindness
7168 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 100
Columbia, MD 21046
Tel: (410)423-0600
Fax: (410)872-0574
Tel: (800)683-5555
TDD: (800)683-5551
Email: info@FightBlindness.org
Internet: http://www.blindness.org/
Lighthouse International
111 E 59th St
New York, NY 10022-1202
Tel: (800)829-0500
Email: info@lighthouse.org
Internet: http://www.lighthouse.org
American Kidney Fund, Inc.
6110 Executive Boulevard
Suite. 1010
Rockville, MD 20852
USA
Tel: (301)881-3052
Fax: (301)881-0898
Tel: (800)638-8299
Email: mdemelo@kidneyfund.org
Internet: http://www.kidneyfund.org
Retinitis Pigmentosa International
P.O. Box 900
Woodland Hills, CA 91365
Tel: (818)992-0500
Fax: (818)992-3265
Tel: (800)344-4877
Email: info@rpinternational.org
Internet: http://www.rpinternational.org
National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
P.O. Box 317
Watertown, MA 02272-0317
Tel: (617)972-7441
Fax: (617)972-7444
Tel: (800)562-6265
Email: napvi@perkins.org
Internet: http://www.napvi.org
National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212)889-2210
Fax: (212)689-9261
Tel: (800)622-9010
Email: info@kidney.org
Internet: http://www.kidney.org
Blind Children's Fund
6761 W. US 12
PO Box 363
Three Oaks, MI 49128
Tel: (989)779-9966
Fax: (269)756-3133
Email: bcf@blindchildrensfund.org
Internet: http://www.blindchildrensfund.org
American Urological Association Foundation
1000 Corporate Blvd
Suite 401
Linthicum, MD 21090
USA
Tel: (410)689-3700
Fax: (410)689-3800
Tel: (866)746-4282
Email: auafoundation@auafoundation.org
Internet: http://www.urologyhealth.org/auafhome.asp
NIH/National Eye Institute
31 Center Dr
MSC 2510
Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
United States
Tel: (301)496-5248
Fax: (301)402-1065
Email: 2020@nei.nih.gov
Internet: http://www.nei.nih.gov/
NIH/National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
3 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3580
Fax: (703)738-4929
Tel: (800)891-5390
TDD: (866)569-1162
Email: nkudic@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet: http://www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/
Blind Children's Center
4120 Marathon Street
Los Angeles, CA 90029-3584
USA
Tel: (323)664-2153
Fax: (323)665-3828
Tel: (800)222-3566
Email: info@blindchildrenscenter.org
Internet: http://www.blindchildrenscenter.org
MUMS National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay, WI 54301-1243
USA
Tel: (920)336-5333
Fax: (920)339-0995
Tel: (877)336-5333
Email: mums@netnet.net
Internet: http://www.netnet.net/mums/
Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
PO Box 8126
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8126
Tel: (301)251-4925
Fax: (301)251-4911
Tel: (888)205-2311
TDD: (888)205-3223
Internet: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/AboutGARD.aspx
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