<unk>  (formerly known as<unk>  association) is a rare syndrome caused by a genetic disorder. First described in 1979, the acronym<unk> " came into use for newborn children with the congenital features of coloboma of the eye, heart defects, atresia of the nasal choanae, retardation of growth and/or development, genital and/or urinary abnormalities, and ear abnormalities and deafness. These features are no longer used in making a diagnosis of<unk> , but the name remains. About two thirds of cases are due to a CHD7 mutation.<unk>  occurs only in 0.1–1.2 per 10,000 live births; as of 2009, it was the leading cause of congenital deafblindness in the US.
CHARGE syndrome
GRACILE syndrome
GAPO syndrome
Flynn–Aird syndrome
DeSanto-Shinawi syndrome
Alagille syndrome
Rotor syndrome
Diogenes syndrome