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A novel nonsense variant in REEP6 is involved in a sporadic rod-cone dystrophy case.
Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 2018
Méjécase C, Mohand-Saïd S, El Shamieh S, Antonio A, Condroyer C, Blanchard S, Letexier M, Saraiva J-P, Sahel J-A, Audo I, Zeitz C
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Rod-cone dystrophy (RCD), also called retinitis pigmentosa, is the most common form of progressive inherited retinal disorders secondary to photoreceptor degeneration. It is a genetically heterogeneous disease characterized by night blindness, followed by visual field constriction and, in most severe cases, total blindness. The aim of our study was to identify the underlying gene defect leading to severe RCD in a...
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