Article
Novel recessive cone-rod dystrophy caused by POC1B mutation.
JAMA ophthalmology - 1 Oct 2014
Durlu Yusuf K, Köroğlu Çiğdem, Tolun Aslihan
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: A new form of cone-rod dystrophy (CORD) is described and the gene responsible for the disease is identified. OBJECTIVE: To clinically evaluate 4 patients and 5 control relatives, perform disease gene mapping, and identify the gene defect responsible for CORD. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Prospective observational case series of 13 members of a consanguineous family and 113 unrelated control...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12
- Consanguinity
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Electroretinography
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Humans
- Male
