Retinitis pigmentosa families showing apparent X linked inheritance but unlinked to the RP2 or RP3 loci.

doi:10.1136/jmg.31.11.848

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Retinitis pigmentosa families showing apparent X linked inheritance but unlinked to the RP2 or RP3 loci.

Journal of medical genetics - 1 Nov 1994

Aldred M A, Teague P W, Jay M, Bundey S, Redmond R M, Jay B, Bird A C, Bhattacharya S S, Wright A F

Abstract excerpt

Three families with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) are described in which the disorder shows apparent X linked inheritance but does not show linkage to the RP2 and RP3 regions of the short arm of the X chromosome. The families are also inconsistent with a localisation of the disease gene between DXS16...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
Chromosome Mapping
DNA
Female
Genetic Linkage
Haplotypes
Humans
Male
Pedigree
Retinitis Pigmentosa
X Chromosome

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