Article
Linkage study of Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy (VMD2) in a large North American family.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Hou Y C, Richards J E, Bingham E L, Pawar H, Scott K, Segal M, Lunetta K L, Boehnke M, Sieving P A
Abstract excerpt
Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy (VMD2) is an autosomal dominant retinal dystrophy for which the underlying biochemical cause is unknown. We used 11 genetic markers in the vicinity of the VMD2 gene in our study of a large North American family in which macular dystrophy characteristics overla...
Topics
- Adult
- Child
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Electrooculography
- Eye Proteins
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- Macular Degeneration
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Middle Aged
- North America