Irina Balikova
Specialisaties
Dr. Irina Balikova combineert wetenschappelijke expertise met een warme, patiëntgerichte aanpak. Met meer dan 10 jaar ervaring in de kinderoogheelkunde zet zij zich dagelijks in voor de visuele ontwikkeling van kinderen en de begeleiding van gezinnen.
Dr. Balikova is gespecialiseerd in kinderoogheelkunde, scheelzien (strabisme), amblyopie (lui oog), erfelijke oogaandoeningen en oftalmogenetica. Zij behandelt zowel veelvoorkomende oogproblemen bij kinderen als zeldzame genetische aandoeningen die het gezichtsvermogen kunnen beïnvloeden. Daarnaast voert zij strabismuschirurgie uit bij kinderen en volwassenen.
Haar opleiding omvat een specialisatie in oogheelkunde aan de Université Libre de Bruxelles, een doctoraat (PhD) aan de KU Leuven en verdere subspecialisatie in kinderoogheelkunde en strabisme via internationale opleidingen, waaronder het universitaire diploma (DIU) Pediatrische Oogheelkunde en Strabisme in Parijs en de Europeese Diploma kinderoogheelkunde en strabisme (EBO -EPOS).
Dr. Balikova combineert haar klinische activiteiten met een sterke wetenschappelijke betrokkenheid.
Voor Dr. Balikova staat niet alleen de diagnose centraal, maar ook het welzijn van het kind en de ondersteuning van het gezin. Zij gelooft dat een goede behandeling begint met duidelijke communicatie en vertrouwen.
Behandelingen en aandoeningen
U kan bij Dr. Irina Balikova terecht voor onder andere:
- Amblyopie
- Scheelzien
- Myopia
- Doorverwijzingen Kind en Gezin/CLB,
- Erfelijke oogaandoeningen,
- Algemene controle
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Onderzoeksgebieden
- Auteur en co-auteur van 51 wetenschappelijke publicaties op het gebied van kinderoogheelkunde, oftalmogenetica en erfelijke netvliesaandoeningen.
- Regelmatig reviewer voor wetenschappelijke tijdschriften en deel name aan internationale congressen en opleidingen.
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2005 Acrofacial dysostosis type Rodríguez.
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2005 The acrofacial dysostoses--a wide spectrum of overlapping phenotypes.
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2006 Emerging patterns of cryptic chromosomal imbalance in patients with idiopathic mental retardation and multiple congenital anomalies: a new series of 140 patients and review of published reports.
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2006 olecular karyotyping of patients with MCA/MR: the blurred boundary between normal and pathogenic variation.
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2007 Subtelomeric imbalances in phenotypically normal individuals.
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2008 Autosomal-dominant microtia linked to five tandem copies of a copy-number-variable region at chromosome 4p16.
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2008 Lobar holoprosencephaly in 18pter deletion resulting from the karyotype 45,X,-18,der(8;18)t(8; 18)(pter;p11.21).
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2009 Bronchiectasis and immune deficiency in an adult patient with deletion 2q37 due to an unbalanced translocation t(2;10).
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2009 Another patient with a de novo deletion further delineates the 2q33.1 microdeletion syndrome.
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2009 "Opitz C syndrome and pseudohypoaldosteronism" is caused by a chromosome 4q deletion.
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2009 Deletions in the VPS13B (COH1) gene as a cause of Cohen syndrome.
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2010 FOXD1 Duplication Causes Branchial Defects and Interacts with the TFAP2A Gene Implicated in the Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome in Causing Eye Effects in Zebrafish.
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2011 2q31.1 microdeletion syndrome: redefining the associated clinical phenotype.
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2011 The power of high-resolution non-targeted array-CGH in identifying intragenic rearrangements responsible for Cohen syndrome.
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2011 High frequency of submicroscopic chromosomal deletions in patients with idiopathic congenital eye malformations.
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2011 The causality of de novo copy number variants is overestimated.
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2011 High frequency of submicroscopic chromosomal deletions in patients with idiopathic congenital eye malformations. Am J Ophthalmol
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2015 Ocular manifestations of microcephaly with or without chorioretinopathy, lymphedema or intellectual disability (MCLID) syndrome associated with mutations in KIF11. Acta Ophthalmol
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2015 No evidence of locus heterogeneity in familial microcephaly with or without chorioretinopathy, lymphedema, or mental retardation syndrome.
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2016 Ocular manifestations of microcephaly with or without chorioretinopathy, lymphedema or intellectual disability (MCLID) syndrome associated with mutations in KIF11.
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2018 Analysis of KERA in four families with cornea plana identifies two novel mutations.
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2019 ABCA4-associated disease as a model for missing heritability in autosomal recessive disorders: novel noncoding splice, cis-regulatory, structural, and recurrent hypomorphic variants. Genet Med.
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2019 Where are the missing gene defects in inherited retinal disorders? Intronic and synonymous variants contribute at least to 4% of CACNA1F-mediated inherited retinal disorders. Hum Mutat
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2019 Truncating RAX Mutations: Anophthalmia, Hypopituitarism, Diabetes Insipidus, and Cleft Palate in Mice and Men.
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2019 Genetic biomarkers in the VEGF pathway predicting response to anti-VEGF therapy in age-related macular degeneration.
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2019 Where are the missing gene defects in inherited retinal disorders? Intronic and synonymous variants contribute at least to 4% of CACNA1F-mediated inherited retinal disorders.
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2019 ABCA4-associated disease as a model for missing heritability in autosomal recessive disorders: novel noncoding splice, cis-regulatory, structural, and recurrent hypomorphic variants.
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2019 Effect of an intravitreal antisense oligonucleotide on vision in Leber congenital amaurosis due to a photoreceptor cilium defect.
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2020 MULTIMODAL IMAGING IN HELLP-RELATED CHORIORETINOPATHY.
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2020 Three cases of molecularly confirmed Knobloch syndrome.
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2020 Functional characterization of the first missense variant in CEP78, a founder allele associated with cone-rod dystrophy, hearing loss, and reduced male fertility.
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2020 The majority of autosomal recessive nanophthalmos and posterior microphthalmia can be attributed to biallelic sequence and structural variants in MFRP and PRSS56.
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2020 Microcoria due to first duplication of 13q32.1 including the GPR180 gene and maternal mosaicism.
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2021 Peripheral polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in Sorsby fundus dystrophy: Report of two cases.
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2021 Congenital stationary night blindness in a patient with mild learning disability due to a compound heterozygous microdeletion of 15q13 and a missense mutation in TRPM1. Ophthalmic Genet
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2021 Peripheral polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in Sorsby fundus dystrophy: Report of two cases. Online ahead of print
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2021 Two siblings with Heimler syndrome caused by PEX1 variants: follow-up of ophthalmologic findings.
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2021 Risdiplam-Treated Infants with Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy versus Historical Controls
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2021 Risdiplam in Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Clinical Trial
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2021 The Retina in Patients With Triple A Syndrome: A Window Into Neurodegeneration?
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2021 CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NATURAL HISTORY OF RHO-ASSOCIATED RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study.
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2021 Expanding the clinical spectrum and management of Traboulsi syndrome: report on two siblings homozygous for a novel pathogenic variant in ASPH.
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2021 Congenital stationary night blindness in a patient with mild learning disability due to a compound heterozygous microdeletion of 15q13 and a missense mutation in TRPM1.
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2022 Expanding the clinical spectrum and management of Traboulsi syndrome: report on two siblings homozygous for a novel pathogenic variant in ASPH.
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2022 Genetics in primary congenital glaucoma: Implications in disease management and counseling.
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2022 Safety and efficacy of once-daily risdiplam in type 2 and non-ambulant type 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SUNFISH part 2): a phase 3, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
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2022 Safety and efficacy of risdiplam in patients with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (FIREFISH part 2): secondary analyses from an open-label trial. Clinical Trial
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2022 Multi-omics approach dissects cis-regulatory mechanisms underlying North Carolina macular dystrophy, a retinal enhanceropathy.
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2022 Association between near viewing and acute acquired esotropia in children during tablet and smartphone use.
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2022 High myopia and vitreal veils in a patient with Poretti- Boltshauser syndrome due to a novel homozygous LAMA1 mutation.
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2023 Two siblings with Bosch-Boonstra-Schaaf optic atrophy syndrome due to parental gonadal mosaicism.
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2023 Correction to: Risdiplam in Patients Previously Treated with Other Therapies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: An Interim Analysis from the JEWELFISH Study.
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2023 Risdiplam in Patients Previously Treated with Other Therapies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: An Interim Analysis from the JEWELFISH Study.
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2023 Unilateral Melanoma-Associated Retinopathy Case Report. Free PMC article
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2023 Paediatric cataract surgery with 27G vitrectomy instrumentation: the Ghent University Hospital Experience.
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2024 Expanding the genetic landscape of Usher syndrome type IV caused by pathogenic ARSG variants.
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2025 Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in POC5 cause a syndromic retinal, endocrine, and neuromuscular ciliopathy. Free PMC article.
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2025 Characterising the refractive error in paediatric patients with congenital stationary night blindness: a multicentre study.