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Phenotypic variability due to a novel Glu292Lys variation in exon 8 of the BEST1 gene causing best macular dystrophy.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Jul 2009
Sohn Elliott H, Francis Peter J, Duncan Jacque L, Weleber Richard G, Saperstein David A, Farrell Donald F, Stone Edwin M
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OBJECTIVE: To study the phenotypic characteristics of patients with a novel p.E292K mutation in BEST1. METHODS: Affected individuals underwent ophthalmic examination and testing that included photography, autofluorescence, optical coherence tomography, and electrophysiological testing. Their DNA was analyzed for BEST1 mutations. RESULTS: Five patients aged 5 to 59 years who expressed the p.E292K mutation in BEST1...
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