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A Mini-review: Animal Models of GUCY2D Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA1).
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2016
Boye Shannon E
Abstract excerpt
GUCY2D encodes retinal guanylate cylase-1 (retGC1), a protein that plays a pivotal role in the recovery phase of phototransduction. Mutations in GUCY2D are associated with a leading cause of recessive Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA1). Patients present within the first year of life with aberrant or unrecordable electroretinogram (ERG), nystagmus and a relatively normal fundus. Aside from abnormalities in the...
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