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Screening for mutations in RPGR and RP2 genes in Jordanian families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 3 Jun 2016
Haddad M F, Khabour O F, Abuzaideh K A Y, Shihadeh W
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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease causing progressive degeneration of retinal photoreceptor cells. X-linked RP (XLRP), in which photoreceptor degeneration begins in early childhood and complete blindness often occurs by the fourth decade of life, constitutes the most severe form of this disease. Two genes commonly associated with XLRP have previously been cloned:...
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