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A comprehensive survey of sequence variation in the ABCA4 (ABCR) gene in Stargardt disease and age-related macular degeneration.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2000
Rivera A, White K, Stöhr H, Steiner K, Hemmrich N, Grimm T, Jurklies B, Lorenz B, Scholl H P, Apfelstedt-Sylla E, Weber B H
Abstract excerpt
Stargardt disease (STGD) is a common autosomal recessive maculopathy of early and young-adult onset and is caused by alterations in the gene encoding the photoreceptor-specific ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter (ABCA4). We have studied 144 patients with STGD and 220 unaffected individuals ascertained from the German population, to complete a comprehensive, population-specific survey of the sequence variation...
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