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Severe retinitis pigmentosa mapped to 4p15 and associated with a novel mutation in the PROM1 gene.
Human genetics - 1 Nov 2007
Zhang Qingjiong, Zulfiqar Fareeha, Xiao Xueshan, Riazuddin S Amer, Ahmad Zahoor, Caruso Raphael, MacDonald Ian, Sieving Paul, Riazuddin Sheikh, Hejtmancik J Fielding
Abstract excerpt
Mutation in the PROM1 gene previously has been identified in one family with retinal degeneration for which neither ERG recordings nor detailed information about visual impairment is available. A large family with multiple individuals affected by retinal degeneration was ascertained in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The visual acuity of all affected patients in the family was severely compromised beginning in...
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