congenital nystagmus
Findings
No curated finding names congenital nystagmus yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Nystagmus present at birth or caused by lesions sustained in utero or at the time of birth. It is usually pendular, and is associated with albinism and conditions characterized by early loss of central vision. Inheritance patterns may be X-linked, autosomal dominant, or recessive. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p275)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005712), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- MANBAHGNC:6831
- Moderate · PanelApp Australia · Autosomal dominant · 2025
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (10)
- nystagmus 1, congenital, X-linked
- nystagmus 2, congenital, autosomal dominant
- nystagmus 3, congenital, autosomal dominant
- nystagmus 5, congenital, X-linked
- nystagmus 6, congenital, X-linked
- nystagmus 7, congenital, autosomal dominant
- nystagmus, congenital, autosomal recessive
- nystagmus, hereditary vertical
- nystagmus, myoclonic
- spinocerebellar ataxia 27A
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: congenital nystagmus
- Also called
- congenital idiopathic nystagmuscongenital pathologic nystagmusmotor congenital nystagmusnystagmus, congenital