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Novel frameshift mutations in CRX associated with Leber congenital amaurosis.
Human mutation - 1 Dec 2001
Rivolta C, Peck N E, Fulton A B, Fishman G A, Berson E L, Dryja T P
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in CRX, a photoreceptor-specific transcription factor, can cause Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), cone-rod dystrophy (CORD), and retinitis pigmentosa (RP), all of which feature severe visual impairment. Upon screening 55 patients with Leber congenital amaurosis, 75 patients with cone-rod dystrophy, 13 with cone dystrophy, and 36 with recessive or isolate RP for changes in the CRX sequence, we found two...
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