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Novel RDH12 sequence variations in Leber congenital amaurosis.
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - 1 Aug 2010
Sodi Andrea, Caputo Roberto, Passerini Ilaria, Bacci Giacomo Maria, Menchini Ugo
Abstract excerpt
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) designates a severe congenital retinal dystrophy generally inherited in an autosomal-recessive manner and accounting for 5% of inherited retinopathies. Its main clinical features are severe visual loss, sensory nystagmus, amaurotic pupils, and unrecordable electroretinographic response. LCA has been associated with sequence variations of 14 different genes; in approximately 30% of...
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