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X-linked retinoschisis: an update.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2007
Sikkink Stephen K, Biswas Susmito, Parry Neil R A, Stanga Paulo E, Trump Dorothy
Abstract excerpt
X-linked retinoschisis is the leading cause of macular degeneration in males and leads to splitting within the inner retinal layers leading to visual deterioration. Many missense and protein truncating mutations have now been identified in the causative retinoschisis gene (RS1) which encodes a 224 amino acid secretory retinal protein, retinoschisin. Retinoschisin octamerisation is implicated in cell-cell...
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