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Phenotypic variability in a French family with a novel mutation in the BEST1 gene causing multifocal best vitelliform macular dystrophy.
Molecular vision - 29 Jan 2011
Lacassagne Emmanuelle, Dhuez Aurore, Rigaudière Florence, Dansault Anouk, Vêtu Christelle, Bigot Karine, Vieira Véronique, Puech Bernard, Defoort-Dhellemmes Sabine, Abitbol Marc
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AIMS: To describe genetic and clinical findings in a French family affected by best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD). METHODS: We screened eight at-risk members of a family, including a BVMD-affected proband, by direct sequencing of 11 bestrophin-1 (BEST1) exons. Individuals underwent ophthal...
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