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Frequency of CEP290 c.2991_1655A>G mutation in 175 Spanish families affected with Leber congenital amaurosis and early-onset retinitis pigmentosa.
Molecular vision - 27 Nov 2007
Vallespin Elena, Lopez-Martinez Miguel-Angel, Cantalapiedra Diego, Riveiro-Alvarez Rosa, Aguirre-Lamban Jana, Avila-Fernandez Almudena, Villaverde Cristina, Trujillo-Tiebas Maria-Jose, Ayuso Carmen
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the most severe inherited retinopathy with the earliest age of onset. To date, eleven genes have been reported to cause the non-syndromic LCA phenotype. The CEP290 gene has been shown to account for Joubert and Senior-Loken syndromes and to represent a frequent cause of non-syndromic LCA. The aim of the present study was to establish the prevalence of CEP290...
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