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AAV2-mediated ocular gene therapy for infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy - 1 Sept 2005
Griffey Megan, Macauley Shannon L, Ogilvie Judith M, Sands Mark S
Abstract excerpt
Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding the lysosomal enzyme palmitoyl protein thioesterase-1 (PPT1). The earliest clinical sign in INCL is blindness, followed by seizures, cognitive deficits, and early death. Little is known about the progression of the visual deficits in INCL. Here we characterize the progressive retinal...
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