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North Carolina Macular Dystrophy Is Caused by Dysregulation of the Retinal Transcription Factor PRDM13.
Ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2016
Small Kent W, DeLuca Adam P, Whitmore S Scott, Rosenberg Thomas, Silva-Garcia Rosemary, Udar Nitin, Puech Bernard, Garcia Charles A, Rice Thomas A, Fishman Gerald A, Héon Elise, Folk James C, Streb Luan M, Haas Christine M, Wiley Luke A, Scheetz Todd E, Fingert John H, Mullins Robert F, Tucker Budd A, Stone Edwin M
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PURPOSE: To identify specific mutations causing North Carolina macular dystrophy (NCMD). DESIGN: Whole-genome sequencing coupled with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis of gene expression in human retinal cells. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 141 members of 12 families with NCMD and 261 unrelated control individuals. METHODS: Genome sequencing was performed on 8 affected individuals from...
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