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A mutation in the Norrie disease gene (NDP) associated with X-linked familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.
Nature genetics - 1 Oct 1993
Chen Z Y, Battinelli E M, Fielder A, Bundey S, Sims K, Breakefield X O, Craig I W
Abstract excerpt
Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a hereditary disorder characterized by an abnormality of the peripheral retina. Both autosomal dominant (adFEVR) and X-linked (XLFEVR) forms have been described, but the biochemical defect(s) underlying the symptoms are unknown. Molecular analysis of the Norrie gene locus (NDP) in a four generation FEVR family (shown previously to exhibit linkage to the X-chromosome...
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