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Next generation sequencing identifies novel disease-associated BEST1 mutations in Bestrophinopathy patients.
Scientific reports - 5 Jul 2018
Nguyen Thong T, Poornachandra B, Verma Anshuman, Mehta Ruchir A, Phalke Sameer, Battu Rajani, Ramprasad Vedam L, Peterson Andrew S, Ghosh Arkasubhra, Seshagiri Somasekar
Abstract excerpt
Bestinopathies are a spectrum of retinal disorders associated with mutations in BEST1 including autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy (ARB) and autosomal dominant Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD). We applied whole-exome sequencing on four unrelated Indian families comprising eight affected and twelve unaffected individuals. We identified five mutations in BEST1, including p.Tyr131Cys in family A,...
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