Article
Compound heterozygous CNGA3 mutations (R436W, L633P) in a Japanese patient with congenital achromatopsia.
Visual neuroscience - 1 Jan 2000
Goto-Omoto Satoshi, Hayashi Takaaki, Gekka Tamaki, Kubo Akiko, Takeuchi Tomokazu, Kitahara Kenji
Abstract excerpt
Congenital achromatopsia is a stationary retinal disorder with autosomal recessive inheritance that is characterized by loss of color discrimination, low visual acuity, photophobia, and nystagmus. This disorder has been shown to be associated with CNGA3, CNGB3, and GNAT2 mutations, and the frequency of mutations in the CNGA3 gene (encoding alpha subunit of the cone-specific cGMP-gated cation channel) was 23-33%...
Topics
- Adult
- Arginine
- Color Perception Tests
- Color Vision Defects
- Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Electroretinography
- Family Health
- Female
- Humans
- Ion Channels
