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Clinical and whole exome sequencing findings in children from Yunnan Yi minority ethnic group with retinitis pigmentosa: two case reports.
Journal of medical case reports - 2 Jun 2023
Xiao Yi-Shuang, He Wen-Ji, Jiang Hong-Chao, Tan Li, Ma Jing, Zhang Zhen
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BACKGROUND: Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of rare hereditary retinal dystrophy diseases that lead to difficulty seeing at night, progressive loss of peripheral field vision (tunnel vision), and eventual loss of central vision. However, a genetic cause cannot be determined in approximately 60% of cases. CASE PRESENTATION: Two non-consanguineous Yi minority ethnic group families who have a 6.4-year-old boy and a...
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