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A peripherin/retinal degeneration slow mutation (Pro-210-Arg) associated with macular and peripheral retinal degeneration.
Ophthalmology - 1 Feb 1995
Gorin M B, Jackson K E, Ferrell R E, Sheffield V C, Jacobson S G, Gass J D, Mitchell E, Stone E M
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BACKGROUND: Mutations in the peripherin/retinal degeneration slow (RDS) gene have been identified in patients with retinitis pigmentosa and pattern macular dystrophy. The authors initially examined a large family affected with both peripheral and macular degeneration, inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Screening for peripherin/RDS mutations identified a previously unreported nucleotide alteration in all of...
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