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Mutations in NYX of individuals with high myopia, but without night blindness.
Molecular vision - 1 Mar 2007
Zhang Qingjiong, Xiao Xueshan, Li Shiqiang, Jia Xiaoyun, Yang Zhikuan, Huang Shizhou, Caruso Rafael C, Guan Tianqin, Sergeev Yuri, Guo Xiangming, Hejtmancik J Fielding
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: High myopia is a common genetic variant that severely affects vision. Genes responsible for myopia without linked additional functional defects have not been identified. Mutations in the nyctalopin gene (NYX) located at Xp11.4 are responsible for a complete form of congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB1). High myopia is usually observed in patients with CSNB1. This study was designed to test the...
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