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LCA is usually inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. Both parents carry one copy of a recessive gene. If both parents are normal-sighted but carry the recessive gene, there is a 25% chance that each child will have LCA. A number of genetic defects have been found that cause LCA – most inherited in a recessive fashion. A rare form of dominant inheritance has been reported.
