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Convergence of Human Genetics and Animal Studies: Gene Therapy for X-Linked Retinoschisis.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine - 22 Jun 2015
Bush Ronald A, Wei Lisa L, Sieving Paul A
Abstract excerpt
Retinoschisis is an X-linked recessive genetic disease that leads to vision loss in males. X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) typically affects young males; however, progressive vision loss continues throughout life. Although discovered in 1898 by Haas in two brothers, the underlying biology leading to blindness has become apparent only in the last 15 years with the advancement of human genetic analyses, generation of...
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