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Autosomal-dominant Leber Congenital Amaurosis Caused by a Heterozygous CRX Mutation in a Father and Son.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Jun 2015
Arcot Sadagopan Karthikeyan, Battista Robert, Keep Rosanne B, Capasso Jenina E, Levin Alex V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is most often an autosomal recessive disorder. We report a father and son with autosomal dominant LCA due to a mutation in the CRX gene. MATERIALS AND METHODS: DNA screening using an allele specific assay of 90 of the most common LCA-causing variations in the coding sequences of AIPL1, CEP290, CRB1, CRX, GUCY2D, RDH12 and RPE65 was performed on the father. Automated...
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