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RPGR mutation analysis and disease: an update.
Human mutation - 1 Apr 2007
Shu Xinhua, Black Graeme C, Rice Jacqueline M, Hart-Holden Niki, Jones Alison, O'Grady Anna, Ramsden Simon, Wright Alan F
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene are the most common single cause of retinitis pigmentosa, accounting for up to 15 to 20% of cases in Caucasians. A total of 240 different RPGR mutations have been reported, including 24 novel ones in this work, which are associated with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) (95%), cone, cone-rod dystrophy, or atrophic macular atrophy (3%), and...
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