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Refinement of the locus for autosomal dominant juvenile optic atrophy to a 2 cM region on 3q28.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Mar 1997
Stoilova D, Child A, Desai S P, Sarfarazi M
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile optic atrophy (Kjer type; OPA1) is an autosomal dominant trait with an insidious onset in the first decade of life. The condition is characterized by a progressive loss of visual acuity that usually occurs with severe defects in color vision and visual fields. Genetic linkage analysis of a number of families has already assigned the OPA1 locus to the 3q28-qter region, within an estimated region of about...
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