Article
Identification of missense mutations in the Norrie disease gene associated with advanced retinopathy of prematurity.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 May 1997
Shastry B S, Pendergast S D, Hartzer M K, Liu X, Trese M T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a retinal vascular disease occurring in infants with short gestational age and low birth weight and can lead to retinal detachment (ROP stages 4 and 5). X-linked familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is phenotypically similar to ROP and has been asso...
Topics
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA Primers
- Deafness
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Eye Proteins
- Female
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Intellectual Disability
- Male
- Mutation
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
