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Evaluation of the norrie disease gene in a family with incontinentia pigmenti.
Ophthalmic research - 1 Jan 2000
Shastry B S, Trese M T
Abstract excerpt
Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is an ectodermal multisystem disorder which can affect dental, ocular, cardiac and neurologic structures. The ocular changes of IP can have a very similar appearance to the retinal detachment of X-linked familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, which has been shown to be caused by the mutations in the Norrie disease gene. Therefore, it is of interest to determine whether similar mutations...
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