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Autosomal recessive vitelliform macular dystrophy in a large cohort of vitelliform macular dystrophy patients.
Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Mar 2011
Kinnick Tyson R, Mullins Robert F, Dev Sundeep, Leys Monique, Mackey David A, Kay Christine N, Lam Byron L, Fishman Gerald A, Traboulsi Elias, Iezzi Raymond, Stone Edwin M
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PURPOSE: To report 11 cases of autosomal recessive vitelliform macular dystrophy and to compare their molecular findings and phenotypic characteristics with those of patients with the more common and well-described dominant form of the disease. METHODS: Blood samples were obtained from 435 unrelated individuals with a clinical diagnosis of vitelliform macular dystrophy and screened for mutations in the coding...
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