Article
Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy is caused by mutations in the novel gene CYP4V2.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2004
Li Anren, Jiao Xiaodong, Munier Francis L, Schorderet Daniel F, Yao Wenliang, Iwata Fumino, Hayakawa Mutsuko, Kanai Atsushi, Shy Chen Muh, Alan Lewis Richard, Heckenlively John, Weleber Richard G, Traboulsi Elias I, Zhang Qingjiong, Xiao Xueshan, Kaiser-Kupfer Muriel, Sergeev Yuri V, Hejtmancik J Fielding
Abstract excerpt
Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy (BCD) is an autosomal recessive retinal dystrophy characterized by multiple glistening intraretinal crystals scattered over the fundus, a characteristic degeneration of the retina, and sclerosis of the choroidal vessels, ultimately resulting in progressi...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
