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A Novel Recessive RPGRIP1 Mutation Causing Leber Congenital Amaurosis.
Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde - 1 Apr 2016
Abouzeid H, Othman I S, Schorderet D F
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BACKGROUND: Leber congenital amaurosis is an early-onset childhood severe retinal dystrophy, of significant genetic heterogeneity. RPGRIP1 is ubiquitously expressed, but mutations in RPGRIP1 lead to a retina-restricted phenotype, such as Leber congenital amaurosis and cone-rod dystrophy. PATIENT AND METHODS: We analysed a consanguineous family from Egypt in which one individual, a four-year-old girl, was affected...
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