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Clinicopathologic effects of mutant GUCY2D in Leber congenital amaurosis.
Ophthalmology - 1 Mar 2003
Milam Ann H, Barakat Mark R, Gupta Nisha, Rose Linda, Aleman Tomas S, Pianta Michael J, Cideciyan Artur V, Sheffield Val C, Stone Edwin M, Jacobson Samuel G
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To study the retinal degeneration in an 11 -year-old patient with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) caused by mutation in GUCY2D. STUDY DESIGN: Comparative human tissue study. PARTICIPANTS: Two subjects with LCA; postmortem eye from one LCA patient and three normal donors. METHODS: Clinical and visual function studies were performed between the ages of 6 and 10 years in the LCA eye donor and at age 6 in...
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