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Autosomal recessive familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is associated with mutations in LRP5.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2004
Jiao Xiaodong, Ventruto Valerio, Trese Michael T, Shastry Barkur S, Hejtmancik J Fielding
Abstract excerpt
Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a hereditary eye disorder that affects both the retina and vitreous body. Autosomal recessive FEVR was diagnosed in multiple individuals from three consanguineous families of European descent. A candidate-locus-directed genome scan shows linkage to the region on chromosome 11q flanked by markers D11S905 and D11S1314. The maximum LOD score of 3.6 at theta =0 is...
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