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A common founder mutation of CERKL underlies autosomal recessive retinal degeneration with early macular involvement among Yemenite Jews.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Dec 2007
Auslender Noa, Sharon Dror, Abbasi Anan H, Garzozi Hanna J, Banin Eyal, Ben-Yosef Tamar
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PURPOSE: To investigate the genetic basis and clinical manifestations of a characteristic form of retinal degeneration in the Yemenite Jewish population. METHODS: Haplotype analysis for all known genes and loci underlying autosomal recessive nonsyndromic retinal degeneration was performed in a Yemenite Jewish family segregating autosomal recessive severe retinal degeneration. The causative mutation was detected...
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