Article
A six-generation family with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa and a rhodopsin gene mutation (arginine-135-leucine).
Ophthalmic paediatrics and genetics - 1 Sept 1992
Andréasson S, Ehinger B, Abrahamson M, Fex G
Abstract excerpt
This study documents the ophthalmological findings in a six-generation. Swedish family with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa with a previously unknown rhodopsin, exon 2, mutation, Arg-135-Leu (CGG to CTG). Six affected patients from the family were available for analysis and were all found...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Arginine
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- DNA Probes
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Electroretinography
- Female
- Fundus Oculi
- Humans
- Leucine
- Male
