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Definitions of Norrie Disease:

Blindness often accompanied by mental deficiency, hearing impairment, and other disorders. The original report describes the syndrome in 7 boys in a Danish family but later cases were reported in several other geographic areas, including Episkopi in Cyprus (hence the synonym Episkopi blindness). - (Source - Diseases Database)

Norrie Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Norrie Disease, or a subtype of Norrie Disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Norrie Disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

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