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A case of CRB1-negative Coats-like retinitis pigmentosa.
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - 1 Aug 2013
Sarao Valentina, Veritti Daniele, Prosperi Raffaele, Pignatto Silvia, Lanzetta Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Retinitis pigmentosa is a heterogeneous group of ocular diseases that causes progressive degeneration of the photoreceptor cells mainly affecting the rods of the peripheral retina. The association between retinitis pigmentosa and exudative retinopathy was first described in 1956 and has been called "Coats-like retinitis pigmentosa." Mutations in the Crumbs homolog 1 (CRB1) gene have been reported as a risk factor...
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