choroideremia hypopituitarism
MONDO:0022737Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names choroideremia hypopituitarism yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
This is an X-linked recessive retinal degenerative disease that leads to degeneration of the choriocapillaris, the retinal pigment epithelium, and the photoreceptor of the eye. Hypopituitarism is the decreased (hypo) secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0022737), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: choroideremia hypopituitarism
- Also called
- CHM-hypopituitarism syndrome