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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
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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 associated with mutations in the Norrie disease (ND) gene in some cases. OBJECTIVE: To determine if similar mutations in...
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