Article
NDP-related retinopathies: clinical phenotype of female carriers.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Aug 2023
Huang Li, Sun Limei, Li Xiaoyu, Li Songshan, Zhang Ting, Zhang Zhaotian, Ding Xiaoyan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Norrin cysteine knot growth factor (NDP) located on the X chromosome, was previously reported to cause Norrie disease and familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR), which are blindness-causing ocular disorders, in males. In this study, we aimed to explore the clinical characteristics of female carriers with NDP mutations. METHODS: Twelve female carriers from 11 unrelated families with...
Topics
- Male
- Female
- Humans
- Pedigree
- Retinal Diseases
- Retinal Degeneration
- Phenotype
- Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathies
- Mutation
- Eye Diseases
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Eye Proteins
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
