Article
Ocular findings associated with a Cys39Arg mutation in the Norrie disease gene.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Dec 1994
Joos K M, Kimura A E, Vandenburgh K, Bartley J A, Stone E M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To diagnose the carriers and noncarriers in a family affected with Norrie disease based on molecular analysis. DESIGN: Family members from three generations, including one affected patient, two obligate carriers, one carrier identified with linkage analysis, one noncarrier identified with linkage analysis, and one female family member with indeterminate carrier status, were examined clinically and...
Topics
- Adult
- Blindness
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Electroretinography
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetic Linkage
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
