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Novel mutation in the TIMP3 gene causes Sorsby fundus dystrophy.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Mar 2002
Jacobson Samuel G, Cideciyan Artur V, Bennett Jean, Kingsley Ronald M, Sheffield Val C, Stone Edwin M
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the molecular basis of a retinopathy previously described as dominant macular subretinal neovascularization with peripheral retinal degeneration. METHODS: The TIMP3 gene was analyzed in family members, and 4 mutation-positive patients were studied using psychophysics and electroretinography. RESULTS: Cosegregating with disease in the family was a single base pair change in the TIMP3 gene,...
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