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Genomic rearrangements in OPA1 are frequent in patients with autosomal dominant optic atrophy.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2009
Fuhrmann N, Alavi M V, Bitoun P, Woernle S, Auburger G, Leo-Kottler B, Yu-Wai-Man P, Chinnery P, Wissinger B
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA) is considered as the most common form of hereditary optic neuropathy. Although genetic linkage studies point to the OPA1 locus on chromosome 3q28-q29 as by far the most common gene locus, previous screening studies-based on sequencing of the coding exons-detected OPA1 mutations in only 32-70% of ADOA patients. We therefore hypothesised that larger deletions or...
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