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Norrie, Gordon (1855 - 1941)
 
 

Norrie's disease

  • rare, bilateral X-linked recessive disorder
  • bilateral blindness at birth
  • retinal detachment, persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous, iris atrophy, corneal opacities and cataract
  • mental retardation
  • deafness

 
Curriculum Vitae

Nationality:

Danish ophthalmologist of Scottish descent
Born in Elsinore, Denmark
Undergraduate:
Medical degree in the University of Copenhagen, 1880
Postgraduate:
Ophthalmologist in Copenhagen
Surgeon to the Danish Institute for the Blind
Publication:
Norrie G (1927) Causes of blindness in children. Acta Ophthalmol (Kbh) 5:357
 
 
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