Article
Retinitis pigmentosa in India: a genetic and segregation analysis.
Clinical genetics - 1 Feb 1995
Kar B, John S, Kumaramanickavel G
Abstract excerpt
Seventy-eight families with retinitis pigmentosa, presenting at the genetic clinic of Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, over a period of 6 months (from April to September 1993), were assessed to determine the different genetic types: 9% were autosomal dominant; 36%, autosomal recessive; 3%, X-linked recessive; 44%, isolated cases and 8%, undetermined genetic type. A high incidence of consanguinity was observed in...
Topics
- Consanguinity
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Genes, Recessive
- Humans
- India
- Male
- Mutation
- Retinitis Pigmentosa