Cataract, total congenital: An inherited form of cataract which is present at birth and involves opacity of the whole lens. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Cataract, total congenital is available below.
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Cataract, total congenital is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Cataract, total congenital, or a subtype of Cataract, total congenital,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Cataract, total congenital as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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