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LCA5, a rare genetic cause of leber congenital amaurosis in Koreans.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Mar 2009
Seong Moon-Woo, Kim Seong Yeon, Yu Young Suk, Hwang Jeong-Min, Kim Ji Yeon, Park Sung Sup
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), the most severe form of inherited retinal dystrophy, is a genetically heterogenous disorder and more than nine genes only account for about half of LCA cases. Recently, LCA5 was identified as a rare genetic cause of LCA. Here, we analyzed the LCA5 gene in 14 LCA patients with no mutation identified in any other known LCA genes and 3 patients with one unclassified...
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