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Clinical phenotype in ten unrelated Japanese patients with mutations in the EYS gene.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Mar 2014
Suto Kimiko, Hosono Katsuhiro, Takahashi Masayo, Hirami Yasuhiko, Arai Yuki, Nagase Yasunori, Ueno Shinji, Terasaki Hiroko, Minoshima Shinsei, Kondo Mineo, Hotta Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To characterize the clinical phenotypes associated with previously-reported mutations of the eyes shut homolog (EYS) gene, including a truncating mutation, c.4957_4958insA, which is a major causative mutation for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in Japan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study population comprised ten unrelated RP subjects with very likely pathogenic mutations in both alleles, four of them with a...
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