Systemic Associations in Humans
In humans, there are a number of systemic conditions that are associated with ectopia lentis:
More common:
- Marfan syndrome (upward and outward)
- Homocystinuria (downward and inwards)
- Weill-Marchesani syndrome
- Sulfite oxidase deficiency
- Hyperlysinemia
Less common:
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Crouzon disease
- Refsum syndrome
- Kniest syndrome
- Mandibulofacial dysostosis
- Sturge-Weber syndrome
- Conradi syndrome
- Pfaundler syndrome
- Pierre Robin syndrome
- Wildervanck syndrome
- Sprengel deformity
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