Stickler syndrome affects an estimated 1 in 8000 newborns. ... Michael Gorin, MD, of UCLA Stein Eye & Doheny Institutes, told Medscape Medical News that gene testing has limitations.

A total of 778 patients with type 1 Stickler syndrome were included in this study. Of 212 patients who had already had retinal detachment in one eye, 94 received prophylaxis (unilateral ...