Disease or Syndrome
gyrate atrophy
gy·rate at·ro·phy
Subclass of:
Eye Diseases, Hereditary; Choroid Diseases
Definitions related to gyrate atrophy:
  • A rare autosomal recessive inherited disorder caused by mutations in the OAT gene. It is characterized by progressive atrophy of the retina and choroid, leading to loss of vision and blindness.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Progressive, autosomal recessive, diffuse atrophy of the choroid, pigment epithelium, and sensory retina that begins in childhood.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina is an inherited disorder of protein metabolism characterized by progressive vision loss. Symptoms such as nearsightedness (myopia), difficulty seeing in low light (night blindness), and loss of side (peripheral) vision develop during childhood. Over time, the field of vision progressively narrows,...
    NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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