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Predominant rod photoreceptor degeneration in Leber congenital amaurosis.
Molecular vision - 22 Jul 2005
van der Spuy Jacqueline, Munro Peter M G, Luthert Philip J, Preising Markus N, Bek Toke, Heegaard Steffen, Cheetham Michael E
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PURPOSE: An unusual retinal vascular morphology in an enucleated eye from a patient with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) has been associated with a mutation in AIPL1. The AIPL1 protein is expressed in the pineal gland and retinal photoreceptors. In the retina, AIPL1 is expressed in both developi...
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