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A novel mutation in RDH5 gene causes retinitis pigmentosa in consanguineous Pakistani family.
Genes & genomics - 1 May 2018
Sultan Neelam, Ali Irfan, Bukhari Shazia Anwer, Baig Shahid Mahmood, Asif Muhammad, Qasim Muhammad, Naseer Muhammad Imran, Rasool Mahmood
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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most frequent genetically and clinically heterogeneous inherited retinal degeneration. To date, more than 80 genes have been identified that cause autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive and X linked RP. However, locus and allelic heterogeneity of RP has not been fully captured yet. This heterogeneity and lack of an accurate genotype phenotype correlation makes molecular...
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