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Mutations in RDH12 encoding a photoreceptor cell retinol dehydrogenase cause childhood-onset severe retinal dystrophy.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Janecke Andreas R, Thompson Debra A, Utermann Gerd, Becker Christian, Hübner Christian A, Schmid Eduard, McHenry Christina L, Nair Anita R, Rüschendorf Franz, Heckenlively John, Wissinger Bernd, Nürnberg Peter, Gal Andreas
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We identified three consanguineous Austrian kindreds with 15 members affected by autosomal recessive childhood-onset severe retinal dystrophy, a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by degeneration of the photoreceptor cells. A whole-genome scan by microarray analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (ref. 2) identified a founder haplotype and defined a critical interval of 1.53 cM on...
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