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Mutations in TRPM1 are a common cause of complete congenital stationary night blindness.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2009
van Genderen Maria M, Bijveld Mieke M C, Claassen Yvonne B, Florijn Ralph J, Pearring Jillian N, Meire Francoise M, McCall Maureen A, Riemslag Frans C C, Gregg Ronald G, Bergen Arthur A B, Kamermans Maarten
Abstract excerpt
Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of retinal disorders characterized by nonprogressive impaired night vision and variable decreased visual acuity. We report here that six out of eight female probands with autosomal-recessive complete CSNB (cCSNB) had mutations in TRPM1, a retinal transient receptor potential (TRP) cation channel gene. These data...
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