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Investigating the mechanism of disease in the RP10 form of retinitis pigmentosa.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2010
Spellicy Catherine J, Xu Dong, Cobb Garrett, Hedstrom Lizbeth, Bowne Sara J, Sullivan Lori S, Daiger Stephen P
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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a disease characterized by its vast heterogeneity. Many genes are associated with RP, and the disease causing mutations identified in these genes are even more numerous. To date there are 15 genes that cause autosomal dominant RP (adRP) alone. The role of some of these genes, while complex and not completely understood, is somewhat intuitive in that they are involved in pathways such...
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