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Spectrum of retGC1 mutations in Leber's congenital amaurosis.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Aug 2000
Perrault I, Rozet J M, Gerber S, Ghazi I, Ducroq D, Souied E, Leowski C, Bonnemaison M, Dufier J L, Munnich A, Kaplan J
Abstract excerpt
Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the earliest and most severe form of all inherited retinal dystrophies responsible for congenital blindness. Genetic heterogeneity of LCA has been suspected since the report by Waardenburg of normal children born to affected parents. In 1995 we localised the first disease causing gene, LCA1, to chromosome 17p13 and confirmed the genetic heterogeneity. In 1996 we ascribed LCA1...
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