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Retinal disease expression in Bardet-Biedl syndrome-1 (BBS1) is a spectrum from maculopathy to retina-wide degeneration.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Nov 2006
Azari Amir A, Aleman Tomas S, Cideciyan Artur V, Schwartz Sharon B, Windsor Elizabeth A M, Sumaroka Alexander, Cheung Andy Y, Steinberg Janet D, Roman Alejandro J, Stone Edwin M, Sheffield Val C, Jacobson Samuel G
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To define the retinal phenotype in patients with the Bardet-Biedl syndrome and mutations in the BBS1 gene. METHODS: Ten patients (age range, 16-48 years), representing eight pedigrees, with BBS1 gene mutations were studied clinically and with kinetic perimetry, chromatic static perimetry, electroretinography (ERG), and optical coherence tomography. RESULTS: Of the 10 patients, 8 were M390R homozygotes...
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