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Genotyping microarray (disease chip) for Leber congenital amaurosis: detection of modifier alleles.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Sept 2005
Zernant Jana, Külm Maigi, Dharmaraj Sharola, den Hollander Anneke I, Perrault Isabelle, Preising Markus N, Lorenz Birgit, Kaplan Josseline, Cremers Frans P M, Maumenee Irene, Koenekoop Robert K, Allikmets Rando
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is an early-onset inherited disorder of childhood blindness characterized by visual impairment noted soon after birth. Variants in at least six genes (AIPL1, CRB1, CRX, GUCY2D, RPE65, and RPGRIP1) have been associated with a diagnosis consistent with LCA or early-onset retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Genetically heterogeneous inheritance complicates the analyses of LCA cases,...
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