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By Mayo Clinic staffStickler syndrome is an inherited disorder than can affect multiple parts of your body, including your eyes, face, ears, heart, bones and joints. The cause of Stickler syndrome is a gene mutation that affects the formation of a connective tissue called collagen. The condition is also called hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy.
Stickler syndrome is named for a Mayo Clinic doctor named Gunnar Stickler, who described the syndrome in a young boy in 1960. Stickler syndrome is usually diagnosed in young children.
If your child has Stickler syndrome, treating the signs and symptoms can help your child manage the disorder and live a more full, productive life.
- Stickler syndrome. Genetics Home Reference. http://www.ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=sticklersyndrome. Accessed Sept. 4, 2008.
- Stickler GB [expert opinion]. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. March 28, 2008.
- About Stickler syndrome. Stickler Syndrome Support Group. www.stickler.org.uk/info.htm. Accessed Sept. 4, 2008.
- Francomano C, et al. Stickler syndrome. In: Cassidy SB, et al. Management of Genetic Syndromes. 2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Liss; 2005;539-546.
