Senior-Loken syndrome 4: A rare inherited disorder characterized by kidney dysfunction and progressive eye disease. Type 4 is caused by a chromosomal defect on chromosome 1p36. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Senior-Loken syndrome 4 is available below.
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Prognosis for Senior-Loken syndrome 4: poor with death occurring before adulthood
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Senior-Loken syndrome 4 is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Senior-Loken syndrome 4, or a subtype of Senior-Loken syndrome 4,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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