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The first reported case of a deletion of the entire RPGR gene in a family with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Oct 2022
Mihailovic Nataša, Schimpf-Linzenbold Simone, Sattler Inga, Eter Nicole, Heiduschka Peter
Abstract excerpt
Clinical phenotypes of a patient with a deletion of the entire RPGR gene have not been described in the literature yet. We hereby report a new mutation in a family of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (×lRP), showing the deletion of the entire RPGR gene. Gene therapy for inherited retinal diseases holds great promise; however, so far there has been no approved treatment of RPGR-mediated retinitis pigmentosa. The...
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