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Visual impairment and REP-1 gene mutations in Japanese choroideremia patients.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Jun 1999
Hayakawa M, Fujiki K, Hotta Y, Ito R, Ohki J, Ono J, Saito A, Nakayasu K, Kanai A, Ishidoh K, Kominami E, Yoshida K, Kim K C, Ohashi H
Abstract excerpt
Choroideremia (CHM), an X-linked recessive hereditary disease, is an intractable chorioretinal dystrophy. The rate of disease progression of CHM reportedly shows considerable variability. A number of mutations involving the gene that codes for Rab escort protein-1 (REP-1) have been detected in CH...
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