Draft:Vitreoretinal degeneration

Vitreoretinal degeneration, or dominant hyaloideoretinal dystrophy of Wagner, VCAN-related vitreoretinopathy, vitreoretinal degeneration, Wagner type or Wagner syndrome, is a hereditary eye disorder that soon leads to vision loss. This eye disorder is characterised by the clear thick gel (the vitrous) develops into a thin layer. Vitreoretinal degeneration is caused by genetic changes in the VCAN gene and is inherited in an autosomal manner.

Symptoms
Symptoms will presents itself as thinning of the light-sensitive tissue that lines the back of the eye (retinal detachment). Not only that but abnormalities of the blood vessels within the retina are present.

Estimation
Fewer than 1,000 people in the United States have this hereditary eye disorder.