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Evaluation of the myosin VIIA gene and visual function in patients with Usher syndrome type I.
Experimental eye research - 1 Aug 2000
Bharadwaj A K, Kasztejna J P, Huq S, Berson E L, Dryja T P
Abstract excerpt
Usher syndrome type I (USH1) is a recessively-inherited disorder consisting of retinitis pigmentosa, profound congenital deafness, and vestibular ataxia. It can be caused by mutations in at least six different loci (USH1A-1F). The gene encoding human myosin VIIA (MYO7A) is the USH1B locus. In this study, 66 unrelated patients with USH1 were evaluated for defects in MYO7A using single-strand conformation...
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